tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12311334398639623862018-02-19T11:29:54.222-05:00F6, Queer Views Of Life Along Our Three Rivers<br>F6 will provide the same natural sarcasm you have come to enjoy or despise, increased information and resources, a different feel, there is new content coming soon, stay tuned!<br>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.comBlogger302125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-7222279777200685632013-01-16T13:25:00.001-05:002013-01-16T13:31:17.131-05:00Sometimes you Wade other times you Roe ... Unfortunately we keep sinking the boat before we make it to dry land. How long can we tread water?<br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><i>Regarding the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/451927841531751/?ref=2&amp;suggestsessionid=e846f4104250a3f2821f26b97dea0eb5">March For Life</a> this Saturday I would like to provide both a libertarian and personal commentary as well as a small amount of pastoral instruction as we approach the 40th Anniversary of the Supreme Courts decision in Roe vs. Wade which legalized a woman's equal access to terminate their unborn child.&nbsp;</i></span></span><i style="color: #333333; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20px;">.</i><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6pUya04_K40/ScZPmgdVmHI/AAAAAAAACE8/Qzuhr2kYsAg/s1600/gay+noahs+ark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6pUya04_K40/ScZPmgdVmHI/AAAAAAAACE8/Qzuhr2kYsAg/s400/gay+noahs+ark.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Even the Early Church Fathers and St Augustine and Jerome (both contemporaries and Doctors of the Church) considered Aristotle's theories of a gradual intellect being formed up to 40 Days after Conception as the child being non human or not having been ensouled yet; the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation of the Hebrew text, a pre-Christian translation that the early Christians used, introduced a distinction between a formed and an unformed fetus and treated destruction of the former as murder. (wiki: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensoulment">Ensoulment</a>) Certain readings of Sacred Text would limit the definition of "Life Being Present" to the sixth month mark (John The Baptist in his Mother's womb danced), or when the baby takes its first breathe and "Breathes in the Spirit", or the reverse from Jeremiah's perspective is held true as well: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you. ~Jeremiah 1:5 (NABRE, <a href="http://usccb.org/">USCCB.ORG</a>)" etc., which asserts preconception knowledge not just post conception awareness. All are equally valid arguments based on particular interpretations of the same over all Sacred Volume of Texts.&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Unfortunately for those holding to which ever position they so choose, and citing which ever passage they prefer, the Courts cannot legislate morality from Scripture or Philosophy only justice from law and Supreme Laws. Those same limitations which allow one to hold any of those if not more positions, are countermanded by the the same protections which prevent the Courts from viewing this mandate from an authentically questionable alternative source and restore permission back to the individual to terminate a pregnancy without &nbsp;any other scrutiny then a legal or scientific viewpointe. &nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Scientifically speaking the modern very basic definition of life at least exists from the ninth month all the way back to the first week after Conception. I, as most rational thinkers also, have a problem with people taking the assumption then that the basic definition of life is still defined scientifically within the first week, as no evidence still exist nor can it be measured. So for lack of a better phrase, it would be scientifically heresy to make that leap of seven days prior in defining life as sacred, from the very moment of conception; and therefore a logical fallacy to do so within legal definitions as well, even taking it back to two weeks prior to conception for certain birth control legislation, as profoundly ridiculous, let alone unconstitutional to the hilt.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Being prolife or prochoice?</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">And that is where the rubber fell to the floorboards. The scientific definition while a little more stable than the religious interpretation and philosophical exercise that this debate has turned into is also not definitive when it comes to a Court of Laws. The Law has four main documents that it can look at: The Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Confederation (Under the United States Code as part of the "Organic Laws") and of course primarily the Constitution of the United States as well as any International Treaty which also has the ability with Constitutional force to override any law at the state or federal level. The Courts are bound by what we wrote down so many years ago whom we considered a life and alive.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The question the Court must ask, pertaining to the Constitution</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">&nbsp;is not, "Whom is a Life"; it is, "Whom is a 'Person'?"</span></span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 20px;">"Persons" are one of the two main classes which are the subject of rights, powers, and duties, the other being "citizens". Persons may be "natural" or "corporate". "Citizens" are a subclass of "natural persons". Only persons have standing as parties under due process. Each government has the power to define what is and is not a "person" within its jurisdiction, subject to certain restrictions of Common Law and the Constitution, the 15th Amendment to which requires that it not exclude anyone based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Under Common Law existing at the time of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, "natural personhood" was considered to begin at natural birth and end with the cessation of the heartbeat. But technology has created a new situation, opening the way for statute or court decision to extend this definition and set the conditions under which personhood begins and ends. (<a href="http://constitution.org/powright.htm">http://constitution.org/powright.htm</a>)</span></blockquote><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I think both arguments limit the discussion to the pointe of fierce contention rather than conversation. While I do have my concerns over multiple theological, scientific, and legal, definitions of life, and I also know that while life is sacred, the question of when life begins and whom has rights over that life need to be examined without shouting and propagating misinformation and vilifying another fully formed mature conscious equal human beings right to have any opinion or Society to evolve in its consensus regarding the issue.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">If you want to claim Pro Life ... Be Pro Life!</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rIiUJxmefyw/ShPfVhjrgVI/AAAAAAAACJk/1jOpcDFVWSk/s1600/2709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rIiUJxmefyw/ShPfVhjrgVI/AAAAAAAACJk/1jOpcDFVWSk/s400/2709.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">I also hold that we have a twisted moral and legal compass when it comes to assuring life within this Country. For instance, were you aware that, right now in the State of Indiana, a Father has no legal rights over a child, unless a DNA test is performed and validated by the Courts. I believe that Fathers deserve at least a 25% stake in the legal remedies for their offspring. This would prevent so many children from being left in a quasi abusive or neglectful maternal living situation overnight, and give fathers one leg to stand on with surrogacy and adoption issues too. Please note with all emphasis that, just because your name is on the kids birth certification doesn't mean jack squat when dealing with Police, DCS, or the Courts until a DNA test has been certified!!</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Like I said many times before that if we truly treasure life we would compensate mothers and or fathers with a moderate stipend around ($14-20,000), housing allowance, and reduced cost technical training, for the first two years so that they can focus on raising their child without having to worry about when their next meal comes in, or where they lay their head at night, and what they are going to do for the next twenty years to support and raise their children, because it is in our best interest as a Civil Society. As a Society bound together by our Sacred Honour to "Secure the Blessings of Liberty for ourselves and our posterity" to say with one voice we want you to not just pursuit happiness but achieve it and succeed to make this Nation better for all of us .... Plus if we help in the beginning we wont have as big of a mess to clean up afterwards when they become teenagers or grown up into adults.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">There is a big difference between being an Activist and being an Active Participant In Society!&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Both are necessary but the later will make this one of the most beautiful Cities and Counties in America bar none!! That is the true libertarian message we look out for each other and&nbsp;don't&nbsp;just rely on government to do everything and anything for everyone and take care of one another rather than sticking them in a program that doesn't&nbsp;even begin to meet their needs without making them jump threw twenty hoops to get a loaf of bread, a two dollar pound of bologna, and maybe a couple squirts of mayo on the side if they are lucky in some cases. Fortunately though Allen County has several great food bank network that serves at least a 25,000 households per week; but like any network or agency, they can always use some tweaking and oversight.</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">So instead of marching, I am going to assist a single father I've known for fifteen years in securing him and his three sons housing by writing a letter of recommendation and sponsoring his application process so that they can actually begin to excel in life around our three rivers not just exist. I will also donate my limited resources to <a href="http://therescuemission.net/our-key-ministries/charis-house/">Charis House</a>, and many other charities that help fledgling and struggling families get threw another week a little less stressed than they were before.&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">If you do choose to parade around the Courthouse and threw the streets this time though look down the alley and invite the person raiding the trash can behind the restaurant or grocery store to feed his family of five something other than mac n cheese or an item from a fast food chains value menu over for a wonderful homemade dinner and show them what Hoosier Hospitality is all about. You could also volunteer to take someone to Miss Virginia's or any of the other food banks throughout the week so they and their children will be able to eat better frequently. &nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">No matter the circumstances, Cherish and Nourish Life! and please don't forget about Liberty either!</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 20px;">~ MRev. Kenneth White, Jnr., Editor of F6;&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 20px;">Apostolic Chair, Our Lady Rejoice Ministries;&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 20px;">Vice Chair, Libertarian Party of Allen County;&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 20px;">Vice President, Heartland Communities, Inc</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Please check out these websites for more information to form your own opinion:</span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.babycenter.com/fetal-development-images-12-weeks">http://www.babycenter.com/fetal-development-images-12-weeks</a></span></span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.livestrong.com/article/226391-baby-development-at-12-weeks-in-utero/">http://www.livestrong.com/article/226391-baby-development-at-12-weeks-in-utero/</a></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-27139612336945902822011-02-12T09:47:00.008-05:002011-02-12T10:58:30.797-05:00BULLOCKS: Bitching About Budgets<a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SZFs6VXrHjI/AAAAAAAAB9U/-ka0wa4hhxw/s800/Gay%20Shopping%20Cart%20Kiss.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 413px;" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SZFs6VXrHjI/AAAAAAAAB9U/-ka0wa4hhxw/s800/Gay%20Shopping%20Cart%20Kiss.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>With all the talk in Washington D.C., Indianapolis, and City Hall, about budgets, I figured I would share our household budget for a two week period for groceries, as one of the things that gets touted aimlessly about is social security welfare and food stamp benefits reduction without reserve or cause. This is just food and doesnt include somethings as it is always an on going process and shifting from one thing to another to make things stretch and operate with less than you have or need. But as with every budget process you have to start somewhere in order to figure out if you have fucked something up along the way. I prefer to start at the top and work my way down.<br /><br />One thing that is not listed in the budget is our beverage consumption as it varies based on the individual another is that I try to set aside up to $40 per month for really good deals that come up over the course of the month that allow me to stock up on stuff that then gets dissipated over next several months of savings by not having to purchase stuff at normal or increased prices and or quantities because I was able to purchase for dimes on the dollar now. This doesnt happen every month but its always in the back of my brain as a consideration. It also helps that I own a deep freezer too. Anybody hit a deer lately?<br /><br />I encourage everyone to put their grocery budgets out there on the web, especially <a href="http://www.facebook.com/frfozybearftwin">FACEBOOK</a>, as a way of telling Congress (tag your member of Congress) and your State Legislature and City/County Council and pundits to get real about debates and budgets and have an honest conversation about where our dollars are spent, and quit trying to use or malign those whom barely have enough to survive on a monthly basis or receive benefits, because as I can attest below, it doesn't go to waste.<br /><br />Grocery $77 for two weeks for basics for 3-4 people.<br /><br />30 medium eggs $ 2.85 = $74.15<br />3 Gallon vD Milk $ 7.50 = $66.65<br />2 8oz pk cream cheese $3.21 = $63.44<br />3 loaves of bread $3.00 = $60.44<br />8 5oz cans Tuna $5.60 = 54.84<br />(+or 2 cans of Salmon $4.00 @FD)<br />3lbs roll of hamburger $6.00 = 48.84<br />Cottage Cheese tub $2.50 = $46.34<br />2 lbs Turkey Lmeat $8.00 = $38.34<br />1 48oz Butter Tub $ 2.25 = $36.09<br />3lbs Turk Burg/Sausg $6.00 = $30.09<br />3lbs Chicky Breast @1.79/lb = $24.72<br />Cereal/Oatmeal/Waffles $3 = $21.72<br />2lbs bolonga cheap shit $2.50 = $19.22<br />Herbs and Spices (AN) $3.22 = $16.00<br />Veggies Can &amp; Froze $8.00 including:<br />+ 2 1lbs Broci &amp;Chz Sau $4.00 WM/F<br />+ 2 13oz net Mushrooms $3.00 WM/C<br />+ 4 28oz cans of tomatoes $6.00 SL/C<br />+ Unknown Carrots/Peas/Corn $4.00<br />+ 3lbs bag of yellow onion $3.00<br />+ 5lbs bag of taters $3.00<br />1 8.5oz Olive Oil $3.00 = $5.00<br />1lbs Colby Cheese $4.00 = $3.00<br />1-3 pkgs of seeds $1 = $00 budget met<br /><br /><object width="700" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gZLP6dyl3Rw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gZLP6dyl3Rw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="700" height="390"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-564206142399598792011-02-09T04:37:00.008-05:002011-02-09T05:35:44.006-05:00Thank you for reading F6 all these years<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/TVJhsndxR7I/AAAAAAAACQs/CsaxtCdG3U8/s1600/read%2Blibrary.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/TVJhsndxR7I/AAAAAAAACQs/CsaxtCdG3U8/s400/read%2Blibrary.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571623108146710450" border="0" /></a>Hello and again thank you for taking the time to read <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Queer Views</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Of Life Along</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Our Three Rivers</span> even while it has been inactive for the last year and a half. I truly do miss contributing within this forum and getting to meet all of you across the electronic superhighway and side roads that we all slide down from time to time. I thank you for traveling down my dirt road from time to time. With all the changes that have occurred over the last eighteen months there have been and still are numerous times where I have wanted to return and share those stories and my commentary and illustrate the beauty of the male body and bond of brotherly love in the midst of all the chaos, if only to bring even for just a moment my unique perspective and order to the disillusion many feel on a daily basis.<br /><br />There were other reasons that facilitated me taking a break, it was also right when GOOGLE was cracking down unjustly on questionable (<span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-style: italic;">at best mature, but not porn</span>) gay content specifically, on blogger/blogspot. From a personal perspective, I took a break after my fathers passing and my health taking a turn for the worse temporarily. I waited for a year to decide whether or not to come back to it or clean it up a bit and turn it into a resource page while still keeping the historical record in tact. When that year happened to pass I was recovering from two major surgeries within a three month time frame and dealing with life issues and roommate issues and such. So as that deadline passed in October 2010, I just let it sit still and serve for the historical record and what little up to date resources there still were.<br /><br />I hope that helps explain some of it. I am putting together a compendium of my writings and updating them to current sources and will probably have that published either this year or next. Sorry for being so morbid, but as it stands now, I dont foresee my being able to publish <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> any further on a regular basis. While there will be a few posts as I update and finish telling stories begun on here many moons ago, as much as I miss it and as much as I miss each of you, I must preserve what is already here so that we never forget and then make it the best resource possible for the future generation to see and remember the struggle and sacrifice for equality.<br /><br />Enjoy this adventure of my life and may you have many Blessings Along The Journey,<br />Fr. Fozy Bear, MRev. Kenneth White, Jnr., Editor of F6<br />http://www.facebook.com/frfozybearftwin<br /><br />This wouldnt be a proper <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> posting without a video from <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Jay Brannan</span><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6AV5XzKjz2Y?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="510" width="640"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-90522063208936280682009-11-25T08:30:00.002-05:002009-11-25T09:09:13.287-05:00Whether you have been naughty or nice shouldnt matter before Thanksgiving<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sw0U_tkfSoI/AAAAAAAACPc/AwBv8gpDQXI/s1600/Sasha+Native+Headdress+Souix.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sw0U_tkfSoI/AAAAAAAACPc/AwBv8gpDQXI/s400/Sasha+Native+Headdress+Souix.jpg" alt="Sasha Native Headdress Souix Nation" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408001812338788994" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Preparation for Christmas has been moved back to Halloween and we're thinking about candy corn on the Fourth of July....the only reason we still celebrate Thanksgiving anymore is because food merchants want to get in their deals and steals throughout the holiday seasons too and the poultry industry wouldn't be the same if everyone just ate Chicken and told the Turkey to go screw off like it normally does in the wild. If it gets any worse improperly anthropomorphic animated Witches will be traveling around while straddling bottle rockets on Mother's Day delivering carnations to Church's flower sales with miniature bunnies siting on the other end to act as a tail fin. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">We are allowing corporate greed and political correctness to bury our nation's history and broken promises but yet lofty dreams and bold ideals all at the same time by covering over part of the distinct position of this pseudo secular religious holiday. We see Thanksgiving as the beginning of a really expensive pipe dream that y'all will be paying off for six months or longer, rather than a moment to stop and give thanks for the year that has just passed, the harvest in our pantries and cellar storage, and the fact that for at least half the country we are gathered around with friends and/or family and taking a moment to share ourselves with each other, and perhaps a perfect stranger. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Like the story of the first Thanksgiving, that we were told growing up, when the Native people of this land shared the skills to survive in this new climate and circumstances, take a moment to remember this past year before you embark on the next journey in faith and peace. Also remember though to serve those whom do not have what you have been blessed with, by being the first to open your home and share it freely, as the Good News of Him who was, is, and will be, asked us to do, so that He may come and dine with you and your family today too.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sw0qcp_I9-I/AAAAAAAACPk/LepU6k43mfc/s1600/spearbutt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 452px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sw0qcp_I9-I/AAAAAAAACPk/LepU6k43mfc/s400/spearbutt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408025399337220066" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">There was suppose to be a post today...what happened?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">The crack staff of</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">received word today that</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Father Fozy</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">has been called away this</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Thanks Giving</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">weekend on an issue of Apostolic proportion. All we could find was the prior pastoral commentary you all just read and then we received word as to where</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Father Fozy</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">was called away towards, we never had no idea it was for this:</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">:: <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Breaking News</span> ::</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Santa's Workshop overtaken by drunk teen boy band <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">RIVER TRIO RODENTS</span><br /></span>...live coverage coming soon....</span><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Apparently the SeVille boys were a little depressed this Holiday Season with their <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231580/">second movie</a> being pushed back three months (from March 2010 to Christmas this year) and album sales diminishing, but they were confident they would come in first place at the Mythical Creatures Annual Dinner &amp; Karaoke Contest, and win the coveted <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Crown of Prosperity</span> for another year. What they didn't know is Mr. Freeze's Assistant had spiked the eggnog at the table they all were sitting at to try to warm up everyone on a very chilly night at the North Pole....they are now holding the elves hostage.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Santa is okay, The Bishop from Turkey is on his personal yacht sailing around the Netherlands region, looking in on small children as they sleep. and is receiving reports from <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Fr. Fozy's</span> staff who is making a SITREP from the scene hourly.</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">To hear more live coverage call <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">260-312-2200</span> and listen to the report filed last night in the field by Father Fozy's staff Guardian Spirit, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Weasel (Weasie)</span> and Guardian Angel, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Julian (Jules) Reign</span>.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Happy Thanksgiving! everyone and to our men and women serving in the Military, HooRah! to you also.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">EDITOR'S NOTE:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The preceding news report and subsequent voice mail message are fictitious.</span><br />They are a continuation of a personal tradition to bring some bad comedy throughout the holiday season courtesy of my voice mail. I hope you all enjoy and check back for further installments in this year's series. No underage mythical or animated creatures were harmed or hammered nor were any copyright infringements intended in the making of this and subsequently following story lines.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-75393324070656201372009-11-06T10:30:00.001-05:002009-11-06T10:30:29.261-05:00Split Pea Soup: Entrepreneurial Spirit abounds at the Pontiac Mall this holiday season.As most of my really close friends are aware I am in the process of moving from the north end of the City by Glenbrook Mall to the <a href="http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Fairfield/home">southwest side</a> of town. Between the adventure of getting the house ready to move into (putting visquinne on the windows, getting utilities turned on), meeting my crazy neighbors, and getting to know the neighborhood I will now reside in, I found something really cool to tell you all about.<br /><br />Three days ago I found myself in the throws of my stomach revolting against the idea of going another a hour without food, it was really warm that day so I had burned through my breakfast relatively quickly with everything going on, plus being hypoglycemic trying to stave off a protein deficiency and a sugar crash at the same time means only one option, milk product (milk has equal parts, protein and sugar, instant fix) and rest then food; cigarettes and nicotine and string cheese can only get you so far. So I went looking for a diner or cafe; I knew there had to be one somewhere. Somewhere down Pontiac Street there had to be a classic hole in the wall diner, some place with inexpensive, good quality, old soul style, food, (or as we use to call it, grubbins); the free market, my wallet, demanded nothing else. I wondered aimlessly across Pontiac looking for said restaurant, I wanted a real restaurant something with character and community fried into its pores.<br /><br />After turning around one time to check back at the Pontiac Mall I happened across a sign at the very bottom that I didnt see the first time I passed thanks to a light pole and a bus blocking the sign from view at 30 mph. I park and walk in only to find a sign that said the cafe was only open from 11a-1p. Completely disheartened and my blood sugar levels close to crashing, I went into the convience store to grab a soda as a last ditch effort to give me a quick boost until I could find dinner, only to find out that the restaurant is open and the entrance is on the west-south-west (right of the main entrance) side of the building. I will be okay, yeah!<br /><br />I went in and standing behind the service window of Mattie Mae's Cafe is a short and stocky middle age woman with a cheerful grin and a mild roar greeting me saying "how is you doing?" and "what will you have?" her name is Marnetta. Marnetta named the Cafe after her Aunt, there are several pictures of her in the Cafe. I would recommend that you try the signature Mattie Burger Combo which consist of a seasoned 1/4 lbs (after cooking) of meat cheese and the works including mayo, with a side of seasoned fries, and a can of Big K Soda (additional sodas are by the can at 50 cents each) for about 5.00. The other menu I can recommend is the Nachos both of these will fill anyone up easily. Mattie Mae's is open Tuesday through Saturday from 8a-7p and is located at the Pontiac Mall 1108 East Pontiac across from the Whitney Young Early Childhood Center.<br /><br />The reason I am telling you all of this is because of what I found while I was there. At the service window on the counter they had a contest, for a dollar you got to guess how much candy was in this 2 pound container, if you won you got a free meal on the house. The donations from the game are going to put on a Thanksgiving dinner for the area homeless and hungry and the whole mall is participating and hosting the venture of service to those in need. So my request to each of you that read this blog is that if you like good food, and you want to spread the ideas of libertarian philosophy around, and support group of businesses that are reaching out to serve the community they are in, spend a dollar, take a guess, and then stay for dinner. At Mattie Mae's a family of four can still eat for less than a quarter of a buck (that is $25) in the Summit City and it doesnt have to be fast food.<br /><br />Think about it and then do something about it!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-79306333209589929692009-09-24T05:16:00.005-04:002009-09-30T03:25:56.403-04:00Recent road collapse causes speculation on origin and prevention but also leads me to call out and question local broadcast stations<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SrtaBS5fmOI/AAAAAAAACPM/ljwOOz3jgjY/s1600-h/spy_run_road_collapse_indiananewscenter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SrtaBS5fmOI/AAAAAAAACPM/ljwOOz3jgjY/s400/spy_run_road_collapse_indiananewscenter.jpg" alt="Photo by Indiana News Center" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384996757750913250" border="0" /></a>Monday evening the road collapsed on US Highway 27 northbound, south of State Boulevard, just before the Kroger Fueling Station. This incident caused major headaches as the road in question is a primary route through town and the lights are timed at 28-32 miles per hour to make traffic flow smoothly, typically a twenty minute trip one way. According to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVBqiNiz09c">an interview given</a> to Stephen Parker @ Around Fort Wayne by Rachel Blakeman, a former blogger, and current Public Information Officer for the City, they checked all possible causes and their working position now is that a water main break ten years ago caused the soil to move or become settled and therefore caused the road pavement to buckle under and take the City on a wonderfully (<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">35 miles per hour, across a 12 inch dip in the road, on a curve, at night</span>) fun ride. The City hopes to have the road repaired, at a cost of 26 thousand dollars (INC <a href="http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/60689362.html">23 September 2009</a>), by Friday, weather permitting.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">The only question left to ask now is:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Does the City need to go back and check the sites of all other previous water main breaks to prevent this from happening yet again?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">My Problem With Local Broadcast Media</span><br /><br />This incident was responded to promptly so I wont critique the City on interdepartmental communication this time but I will critique the local broadcast media establishments for not broadcasting the traffic alert at the bottom and top of the hours as the incident unfolded and progressed. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SGygNU9Jj9I/AAAAAAAAA8o/7Cl8KszOKTc/s1600-h/20061025-72552245453f9673d9bd4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 500px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SGygNU9Jj9I/AAAAAAAAA8o/7Cl8KszOKTc/s400/20061025-72552245453f9673d9bd4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218722219039494098" border="0" /></a>Most of the radio stations that I tuned into were on national syndication at the time with no one answering phones or able to announce the obstruction to traffic on the air. Maybe we need to take stock in what we want from local radio? I am not saying that national shows and prerecorded programs are a bad thing, but when there is no one present to put out the traffic advisory for such a major road closing, or receive up to date information from average citizens at the event's occurrence, we begin to see another issue at play. What does that say about the intention of these people we entrust with our airwaves?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">That is right, our airwaves!<br />Publicly owned airwaves!</span><br /><br />This isn't an issue of local only it is an issue of local at all. Most radio stations rely on the prepackaged or syndicated programs to fill time and just milk the advertising dollars from such programs. I miss the days of long term, local hired, Disc Jockeys (excuse me, Personalities) whom actually get involved in the Community they serve and do more than slut out the top 40 list every couple of hours, we need more indie and local music.<br /><br />We need independent stations that aren't owned by conglomerates in the same market. We need to celebrate the arts and music but also receive our news and commentary from many different sources rather than allowing one or two stations to provide every comment or thought from a biased, small minded, position of assumed public trust. We need to start having public conversations again on air and actually invite the best people to the airwaves not just the ones who have the loudest mouths or the most clout in the industry or social landscape.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Allen County needs its own radio station that celebrates the people, arts and music, cultures, reports the news, and offers a balance of commentary on everything.</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">My only question,</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Whom is willing to start providing and maintaining a truly free press for everyone to participate in? </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Are You?</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">F<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">EDITOR'S NOTE:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">THIS POST IS</span> <a href="http://allencountylp.blogspot.com/2009/09/recent-road-collapse-causes-speculation.html">CROSS POSTED</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">ON THE <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF ALLEN COUNTY</span> BLOG.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-80474649031667516622009-07-08T23:59:00.013-04:002009-07-16T07:38:29.774-04:00HEALTH CARE REFORM! The Squirrel Society is back and looking for some more nuts to tease, tag, and bag. Spread your cheeks wide open to speak out!!<object width="600" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ugTTy_u61gM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ugTTy_u61gM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlWKFImwmHI/AAAAAAAACOk/APtMh40U1NU/s1600-h/gardener5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 500px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlWKFImwmHI/AAAAAAAACOk/APtMh40U1NU/s400/gardener5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356339152641103986" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I think both sides of this debate have been drinking too much KoolAide and need to quit bending over to the chemically flavoured coloured sugar rush of politics, and just do what is right for We The People in both practical care and further advancements within medical research and development. As a budding</span> <a href="http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/topics/parecon">Participatory Economist</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">and a</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Libertarian</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">, this may seem to be a conflict of philosophies, however I disagree with both sides of the debate so far. I think that Health Care Reform is the perfect opportunity to move towards</span> <a href="http://www.zcommunications.org/zparecon/capvsparinsurance.htm">a new style of economics</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">where money isn't the issue, but the affirmative answer to that historical question: "<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">And we are our brothers keeper?</span>" is the principle on which we stand!</span><br /><blockquote>Tomorrow @ 12 Noon concerned citizens across northeast Indiana can open their mouths, and the first 150 can even deep throat a Coney Dog, at the Allen County Courthouse on South Clinton at Main Street, to protest against national health care reform that is currently making its way through Congress. The hour long rally event is hosted by <a href="http://www.americansforprosperity.org/">Americans 4 Prosperity</a> and <a href="http://patientsunitednow.com/">Patients United Now</a> and will include commentary from highlighted speaker, Honorable <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._McIntosh">David McIntosh</a>, former US Representative from 1995-2001 in the 2nd District, who was succeeded by the Honorable Mike Pence in the sixth District, and is currently also working with <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31750700/ns/politics-more_politics">Conservative Lobbying Groups</a> against the Sonia Sotomayor nomination/appointment to The United States Supreme Court.</blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I believe that we can have a health system that both acknowledges personal and collective indemnity for basic health care yet at the same point assure a stable health care system that is not based on economic profit or to a very minimum more as a surplussed commodity of trade. Here are just some basic thoughts to start out:</span><br /><br />1. Medical staff should be semi nationalized (LPN and below at min.) and all trained under a limited exchange pay system or for free. By not attaching such a cost to the education matrix persons in the medical field can be trained and monitored and advanced based on skills and desires to serve their fellow man not how much money they can accrue in a trust fund or slave to pay back for the next twenty years of their lives in college loans. The same regarding free education is true with teachers and other academics. All students should leave start college between 16-20 years old after six years at the age of 22-26 with at minimum a bachelors degree and possibly a Master Degree, and if able two - four years of apprenticeship and civil service under their belt.<br /><br />2. By first eliminating the cost of education as a society we also trust that not far behind would be the serious reduction of and the amounts awarded because of malpractice or malfeasance to both a. an affordable standard and b. reasonable compensation, since the profit margin has been reduced drastically by the industry.<br /><br />3. Basic care and wellness provisions would assure that everyone merits a basic standard of care. If you choose to be obese you will have to pay more into the system to deflect the cost of your added care but at the same pointe if you choose to work at maintaining a healthier life or donate time back to the work matrix the drain you added could be adjusted or removed from the matrix. If there are natural medical diagnosis like cancer or other ailments it would be covered under routine maintainability of life.<br /><br />4. The matrices can be assigned locally and governed regionally with cross oversight by both a national council for final review and malpractice and a council of patrons served elected by each matrix's participants and professionals within each field of license to assure best practices management both locally and regionally.<br /><br />5. Prescriptions and procedures are automatically covered no questions asked as the development cost is now covered by the matrix, this would greatly reduce the burden and profit margins simultaneously.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I began this post with a reminder of our own hopes and dreams for the future through where our current failures in leadership <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju4T3D_5qtM&amp;feature=related">have and can follow towards</a> by commentary of characters <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Captain Benjamin Sisko</span> and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Dr. Julian Bashir</span>, whom while traveling back in time to AD 2024, expose us to the eventual fraud and dereliction of humanitarian services within indigent persons sanctuary districts, located in the abandon urban areas of major cities throughout this great Nation. (Star Trek: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Deep Space Nine</span>'s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz2gBfzGnNE">Past Tense</a>, 8 Parts, c/o Project Infinity). I will leave this debate to y'all for now with these words from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/jaybrannan">Jay Brannan in 26 Hour Day</a> and ask you to consider the future you wish to leave behind for our children and our fellow Americans. The time for reform is now. The questions we must ask ourselves as a people now is, What will that reform look like ten or fifty years from now? How can we be sure that we will always take care of our fellow American?</span><br /><br /><object width="600" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zveXDhEfPao&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zveXDhEfPao&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">WEBSITES AND RESOURCES ON HEALTH CARE ALTERNATIVES:</span><br /><a href="http://www.neindianahchp.org/index.html">Northeast Indiana Chapter</a> of Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan which promotes public financed, privately delivered, aka single-payer, universal health plan at the state and national level.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">OTHER COMMENTARIES ON HEALTH CARE REFORM:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2jijuj1ysw">ObamaCare Yay or Nay? The Truth About Canada!</a><br />by Steven Crowder 13 July 2009<br />[<a href="http://stevencrowder.net/">Website</a>][<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/StevenCrowder">YouTube</a>][<a href="http://www.twitter.com/scrowder">Twitter</a>][H/t: Fort Wayne News] <br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">OTHER STAR TREK COMMENTARIES ON HEALTH CARE</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">VOYAGER:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Season 7 Episode 5, Critical Care:</span> The Emergency Medical Hologram Doctor willingly challenges the health care practices that are apportioned based on an individuals social class at a hospital facility he is held hostage at by infecting the Hospital Administrator and changing his designation to a lower section.<br />(Original Date 01 November 2000, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFoDr_C4qH8">5 parts c/o Chromalias7</a>) <br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">NEWS STORIES AND OTHER BLOGS REPORTING OF EVENTS AND COMMENTARIES:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Pre Event Promotion:</span><br />08 July <a href="http://fortwaynepolitics.com/2009/07/rally-around-free-heath-care-choices/">Rally Around Free Health Care Choices</a><br />by John B. Kalb @ Fort Wayne Politics<br />08 July <a href="http://aroundfortwayne.info/blog/?p=5487">Rally against Obamacare tomorrow at Courthouse Square</a><br />by Stephen Parker @ Around Fort Wayne Blog<br />08 July <a href="http://www.fortwaynenews.com/index.php/2009/07/08/rally-against-obamacare-tomorrow-at-courthouse-square/">Rally Against Obamacare Tomorrow At Courhouse Square</a><br />09 July <a href="http://www.fortwaynenews.com/index.php/2009/07/09/patients-united-now-rally-against-obamacare-today/">Patients United Now Rally Against Obamacare Today!</a><br />via Dan Turkette's @ Fort Wayne News<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Local Commentaries on Health Care Reform debate:</span><br />22 June <a href="http://fwnextweb1.fortwayne.com/ns/editorial/oa/?p=8105">That Horse Is Dead</a><br />by Leo Morris Opening @ Arguments The News Sentinel<br />02 July <a href="http://fortwaynepolitics.com/2009/07/health-care-debate/">Health Care Debate</a><br />by Jeff Pruitt @ Fort Wayne Politics<br />07 July <a href="http://fwnextweb1.fortwayne.com/ns/editorial/oa/?p=8219">Democrats To The Rescue?</a><br />by Leo Morris @ Opening Arguments The News Sentinel<br />08 July <a href="http://reverentandfree.blogspot.com/2009/07/evan-bayhs-priorities.html">Evan Bayh's Priorities</a><br />by Craig Skinner @ Reverent and Free<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Post Event Reports and Commentaries:</span><br />09 July <a href="http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/50392937.html">Fort Wayne Health Care Tea Party</a><br />by Scott Sarvay Indiana News Center<br />09 July <a href="http://morgans2cents.blogspot.com/2009/07/protesting-obamacare-in-fort-wayne.html">Protesting Obamacare in Fort Wayne</a><br />by Morgan @ My Two Cents Worth<br />10 July Obamacare Rally photos and video<br />by Stephen Parker @ Around Fort Wayne Blog<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">FOLLOWUP COMMENTARY:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">There is a</span> <a href="http://allencountylp.blogspot.com/2009/07/anti-health-care-reform-rally-allen.html">snag excerpt copy of this post</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">on the</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Libertarian Party of Allen County's</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">blog. To which I will repost comments on that post here also:</span><br />1. Kevin Knuth, former Chair of the Allen Co. Democrats asked, "Anyone else find the humor (that an) event that wants to stop changes to health care is serving coney dogs and potato chips?"<br />2. To which I your Editor responded, "It was actually the second thing I noticed in the 1 1/2 page press release. It really got my creative and sarastic juices flowing.<br />Nothing says health care reform like 150 people digesting over processed meat smothered in sauteed onions and fried meat, sometimes with cheese, and always with mustard. The protest/rally organizers could have at least served ants on a log (celery with peanut butter and rasins) as well and eaten them in protest against a well rounded meal.<br />What really sucks is I didnt get the message til last night otherwise I could have forwarded out to more homeless people and had all them get fed a decent lunch. But I have a feeling some already know about it."<br />3. Robert Enders, Chair of the Libertarian Party in reply stated, "I'm planning on going and I'm planning on having a hotdog too. People should be allowed to make their own healthcare and diet choices."<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">EDITOR:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">More links, information, and comments to come later.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-85413495927325140522009-07-04T23:59:00.017-04:002012-10-08T16:32:57.271-04:00OUR PRIDE! Our Independence? If Democrats want 2 find our votes in 2010 .... repeal DADT & DOMA now, or more QUEERS will become Greens & Libertarians!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #006600;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">*</span><span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;">PLEASE NOTE <span style="color: #ff6600;">THIS POST</span> HAS A MAJOR <span style="color: #ff6600;">DOMA &amp; DADT</span> UPDATE BELOW</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">*</span></span></div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SjTDbH-S7EI/AAAAAAAACLY/8RueUX2wAHE/s1600-h/honeymoon+suite.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="Crossing The Threshold" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347113528359840834" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SjTDbH-S7EI/AAAAAAAACLY/8RueUX2wAHE/s400/honeymoon+suite.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 325px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 325px;" /></a><span style="color: #000066;">It is official! June was GLBT Pride Month!</span> <span style="color: #006600;"><br /><br />It was declared first by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then sheepishly a few more hours after that by President Barack Hussein Obama. The Gay &amp; Lesbian Community has finally received a boost toward equality because as of now thirteen states have considered and eight passed or decided to make marriage available to everyone.</span> <a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/06/01/Domestic-partnerships-to-be-law-in-Nevada/UPI-11891243865999/">Nevada</a> <span style="color: #006600;">and</span> <a href="http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/06/18/12287">Wisconsin</a><span style="color: #006600;"> are in the process of creating Domestic Partnerships and the approximately 18 thousand Same Sex Marriages in California performed during the 6 month window last year were also retained as valid. Ironically even Rhode Island is considering legislation to allow for Same Sex Divorce proceedings. But wait, before you hoist your lovers across the threshold, that initial euphoria has begun to ware off.</span><br /><br />That hope was quashed recently by two drastic legal injunctions done by the Obama Justice Department in recent Supreme Court cases which, as some speculate, set our fight for equality back five to ten years, as well as negate legislative and judicial victories across the fifty states. This has brought the GLBT Community to honestly call into review all of the previous promises made and financial investment in not just political campaigns but also national queer lobbying organizations also. Soon after the threats of such boycotts, like the DNCs 10th Annual LGBT Leadership Council Dinner fundraiser in D.C. last week (which still raised 1 million dollars supposedly), the Obama Administration made several courtship moves to keep the GLBT Community from curtailing any future investments in his and others of his Party's campaigns, leading up to the 2010 federal mid term election cycle.<br /><br /><span style="color: #000066;">WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME WE WILL ALL FEEL GAY!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SUdo5ldQQsI/AAAAAAAABqg/NYRVLW0qzDI/s1600-h/Major+Margaret+Witt+Air+Force+Times.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280304426631840450" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SUdo5ldQQsI/AAAAAAAABqg/NYRVLW0qzDI/s400/Major+Margaret+Witt+Air+Force+Times.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 312px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 169px;" /></a><span style="color: #006600;">Previously on</span> <span style="color: #000066;">F</span><span style="color: #ff6600;">6</span> <span style="color: #006600;">we</span> <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/search/label/Gays%20in%20the%20Military">covered the story</a> <span style="color: #006600;">of</span> <span style="color: #000066;">Air Force Major Margaret Witt</span> <span style="color: #006600;">whose case in the Ninth Federal Circuit Court elevated homosexuals judicial scrutiny to a suspect classification, in need of greater legal protections, and raised the bar in 9 western states for Military discharges based on <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/10/654.html">United States Code 10§654</a> to include that "</span><span style="color: #000066;">the military can't automatically discharge all openly gay soldiers, but must prove in each case that dismissal would promote troop readiness or unit cohesion</span><span style="color: #006600;">" in order to permit the constitutional discharge from Military service, based upon sexual orientation or association within a judicially protected minority group.</span><br /><br />The Obama Administration refused to challenge the decision in the Witt case to the Supreme Court, which 1. allows the precedent while the case is brought back to lower courts to be retried; 2. allows for the Obama Administration and certain Lobby Groups to strategically delay a Judicial Review of DADT; 3. puts pressure on Congress to repeal DADT through HR1283 <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1283">Military Readiness Enhancement Act</a>.<br /><br />However at the same time, "President Obama's Solicitor General, Elena Kagan," interjected in the 1st District case (formerly Cook v. Gates) of James Pietrangelo II whom along with 12 other plaintiffs originally challenged their separation from US Military under DADT, "filed a brief with the Supreme Court urging it not to hear Pietrangelo's appeal. But Kagan's brief said that the 1st Circuit "properly upheld" the statute." The 1st District ruled that: 1. DADT is an exercise of Congressional judgment in the area of military affairs and warranted enormous deference from the judicial branch; 2. laws based on animus Romer v. Evans (1996) couldnt be used against DADT because the policy, it said, was based on legitimate concerns, not animus. 3. the military should do more than prove homosexuality to warrant dismissal 4. ensuring national security outweighs arguments from 12 former military members who say their rights were ignored when they were dismissed for being gay. The Supreme Court declined to hear the Pietrangelo appeal on the 8th of June 2009. (<span style="color: #000066;">Source:</span> <a href="http://ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&amp;article=3985">The Bay Area Reporter</a>)<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sj45Zsef4zI/AAAAAAAACMc/sFat6mgYQRU/s1600-h/2236081152_fe1508e162.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349776520961319730" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sj45Zsef4zI/AAAAAAAACMc/sFat6mgYQRU/s400/2236081152_fe1508e162.jpg" style="float: right; height: 250px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 350px;" /></a>Rather than standing on the principles of equality now for our Troops, by not having the Witt case go before the Supreme Court, The Obama Administration also threw off the 1st District case from being reviewed, as this would have forced the Supreme Court not only to deliberate the role of scrutiny in the lower courts, but also deal at the same time with the lower courts interpretation of the Supreme Court's legal precedent in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_v._Texas" style="font-style: italic;">Lawrence v Texas</a> (2003) which was cited in both the 1st District and 9th District case regarding the same issues under law. In other words, certain politicians in Congress and the Administration are both trying to make DADT a mid term election cycle victory and at the same time prevent the Courts from doing their job by using legal tactics which remove the exercise of scrutiny and review of these two distinct precedents, and possibly overturning DADT, before Democrats in Congress could claim it as a victory for equality coming up to the midterm elections cycle in 2010. In summary Gay and Lesbian Service Members are nothing more to the Democrats than bargaining chips in an upcoming election cycle and they are using every trick to keep us and them in line.<br /><br /><span style="color: #006600;">There is nothing "</span><span style="color: #000066;">LEGITIMATE</span><span style="color: #006600;">" about the arguments in support of </span><span style="color: #ff6600;">DADT</span><span style="color: #006600;">, and "<span style="color: #000066;">CONCERNS</span>" over UNIT COHESION or GENERAL ORDER and MORALE are simply defamatory! Every time someone utters the absolute fallacy that is the arguments for the restriction on integral and honest lives of Gay and Lesbian Service Members they disrespect the honour of all of our Service Members. The very nature of the arguments for exclusion in fact</span> <span style="color: #ff6600;">surmises that our men and women in uniform cant uphold themselves to the highest standards</span><span style="color: #006600;">. That is a slap in the face to every person who has, does, and will, wear the uniform in service and sacrifice for our freedom and liberty!</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SkxOLa8_2eI/AAAAAAAACNM/hiXBMBgEcIw/s1600-h/Audrey+OpEd.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353740015157369314" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SkxOLa8_2eI/AAAAAAAACNM/hiXBMBgEcIw/s400/Audrey+OpEd.jpeg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 267px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><yeah>There have also been three more recent public cases of career soldiers being affected by the illegal implementation of Dont Ask Dont Tell. On the 7th May 2009 (video above) we were introduced to 2nd Lt. Sandy Tsao of the US Army,who originally told her story in an exclusive open letter to the American public in <a href="http://www.audreymagazine.com/">Audrey Magazine</a> (<span style="font-style: italic;">pic to right open in new tab to enlarge</span>) this past spring of life under DADT and received a personal hand written note from Barack Obama in return.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlC5unqziFI/AAAAAAAACNU/lAJuzMP7xPY/s1600-h/donthide.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354984167517161554" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlC5unqziFI/AAAAAAAACNU/lAJuzMP7xPY/s400/donthide.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><yeah><yeah>We also received followup on the story of Arabic Linguist and Environmental Engineer now an Infantry Platoon Leader, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Choi">Lt. Dan Choi</a>, who came out on national television back in March to announce the founding of of <a href="http://knightsout.org/">Knights Out</a> for GLBT Graduates of the US Military Academy @ West Point. Lt. Dan Choi served in Iraq with the 10th Mountain Division for 15 months in 2006 and 2007, leading combat patrols through a region called the Triangle of Death and serving as a translator and language instructor and also helped rebuild schools and hospitals. In 2008, he left the Army and joined the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry of the New York National Guard, based in Manhattan. Lt. Choi will also be the first to be discharged out of New York (<span style="color: #000066;">Source:</span> <a href="http://www.military.com/news/article/gates-looks-to-ease-rules-against-gays.html?ESRC=topstories.RSS">Today In The Military</a>). On the 19th of May we were also introduced to Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach (1st &amp; 3rd videos below) an eighteen year veteran of the Air Force. who flew 88 combat missions with over 2100 flying hours and 1800 of those in combat. (<span style="color: #000066;">Source:</span> Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC News Politics News)<br /><br />Even though he continued to patronize our struggle for equality, by signing a light list of rights for federal employees, allowing GLBT partners <a href="http://www.edgenewengland.com/index.php?ch=news&amp;sc=&amp;sc2=news&amp;sc3=&amp;id=92868">to use their married name</a> on their US Passports, and throwing a party on Monday at the WHITEHOUSE on the 40th Anniversary of the STONEWALL RIOTS. He still refused to act as Commander In Chief, as <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/06/22/ending-dadt-yes-he-can">78 members of Congress have requested him</a>, to also suspend by Executive Order the unconstitutional discrimination towards our men and women that serve in the United States Uniformed Services, from being able to do so openly, without fear, reprisal, or discharge, based upon whom they love and not the merit of their service and sacrifice. The Secretary of Homeland Security <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/06/23/is-janet-napolitano-more-powerful-than-barack-obama">did just the same thing with another law</a> in regard to Immigration and Naturalization policies regarding an early death otherwise known as the 'widows penalty' (<span style="color: #000066;">Source:</span> <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove">Dan Savage</a> c/o SLOG).<br /><br />However over the last week new information has come to light that the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, whom originally stated that DADT was "<a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/2009/04/dadt-gates-wants-to-add-28k-special.html">something to kick down the road for awhile</a> (13 April 2009)", like a can of tuna in a game of street hockey, while traveling back from the US European Command Center in a recent statement <a href="http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&amp;article=63531">Stars &amp; Stripes</a>, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=7973072">The Associated Press</a>, and ABC News, all report that, under his direction, Pentagon lawyers and Administration officials are now looking at ways to add "flexible enforcement" to the existing law to accommodate when a Service Member is outed by a third party specifically citing a scenario of a jilted ex lover or someone with an axe to grind with the Service Member or their family, while the Congress takes its sweet ass time to repeal the 16 year old law, which it unconstitutionally created.<br /><br /><span style="color: #000066;">WE'RE GOING TO SEEK JUSTICE BUT WE CANT EVEN FIND MERCY!</span><br /><br />The California Supreme Court in their ruling on the matters surrounding Proposition 8 in essence created three classes of people when it maintained the validity of the 18 thousand marriages performed during the six month window in 2008 when it was legal to do so. Besides the actions by the Obama Administration in the above cases of law you also have the Justice Department interjecting with another case brought by Arthur Smelt and Christopher Hammer out of San Francisco, California, in regards towards the validity of Proposition 8 in California, which directly challenges the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA based on several Constitutional grounds and previous Court precedent.<br /><br />After having the case pulled from the State Courts to the Federal Court The Justice Department, according to John Aravosis of The AMERICA Blog, in order to maintain the defense of the current law's discrimination towards homosexuals they compare homosexuals to pedophiles, citing several previous domestic and foreign cases of heterosexual incest and adults marrying children, <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/16355867/Obamas-Motion-to-Dismiss-Marriage-case?">in their 54 page brief</a> (pdf)to the Court.<br /><br /><span style="color: #006600;">Why did the Obama Administration file the brief if they are opposed to the law?</span><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlDCgv6cRTI/AAAAAAAACNs/pmOPqLBMdpo/s1600-h/BOSTON+DNC+GLBT+PROTEST.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354993824816710962" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlDCgv6cRTI/AAAAAAAACNs/pmOPqLBMdpo/s400/BOSTON+DNC+GLBT+PROTEST.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 245px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a> At first Justice Department Spokesperson Tracy Schmaler said that, "... until Congress passes legislation repealing the law, the Administration will continue to defend the statute when it is challenged in the justice system." After an outcry and official boycott of two DNC Fundraisers <a href="http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20090624gay_rights_advocates_protest_dem_fundraiser/srvc=home&amp;position=7">one in Boston</a> (with picture to left c/o <a href="http://wickedgayblog.blogspot.com/">Wicked Gay Blog</a>) and the 10th Annual LGBT Leadership Council Dinner in the District of Columbia began a week went by and Robert Gibbs, The WHITEHOUSE Press Secretary stated to Jake Tapper during his Daily Briefing on the 17th of June:</yeah></yeah></yeah><br /><blockquote>"Well, as you know, that the Justice Department is charged with upholding the law of the land, even though the President believes that that law should be repealed....Well, again, it's the President's Justice Department. And, again, we have the role of upholding the law of the land while the President has stated and will work with Congress to change that law."</blockquote>Then during a panel discussion 10 days later President Obama's Staff "Secretary Lisa Brown, expressed personal reservations about some of the language in the Justice Department brief against same-sex marriage" by deflecting the conversation "<span style="font-style: italic;">It was an awful lot better that the brief that was written in the Bush administration,</span>" and trying to one up the Obama brief by comparing it back to the original Bush era version of the brief. (<span style="color: #000066;">Source:</span> Jake Tapper, Political Punch, ABC News)<br /><br /><span style="color: #006600;">That was not even an apology! That was an excuse, and a bad one at that!</span><br /><br />After the DOJ brief in both the San Francisco DOMA case and the several DADT cases, the GLBTIQAS Democrats have finally had enough, and called the National Democratic Committee and certain elected officials to task for their pandering to and blatant disregard for our struggle for equality. The call went out across the blogoshpere and twitaverse and exploded center stage with the National Democratic Committee getting spanked across sidewalks and caught fudging the numbers to make it look like they raised up to and possibly exceeding 1 million dollars during the fundraisers, when most of the main players for the event backed out in protest of the political pandering and judicial slams against Our Community.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlDGsOXksRI/AAAAAAAACN0/1XdlZyb7LoE/s1600-h/image001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354998420017033490" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlDGsOXksRI/AAAAAAAACN0/1XdlZyb7LoE/s400/image001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 225px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 325px;" /></a><yeah><yeah><yeah><span style="color: #006600;">Why shouldn't our protests affect the lives and fortunes of politicians? </span><span style="color: #006600;">One of the strong components of Libertarian thought and philosophy is that an open, transparent government is automatically drawn down and simplified because everyone is living by the same rules and laws that are passed on to by</span> <span style="color: #000066;">We The People</span><span style="color: #006600;">. We have allowed our Congress to become a bloated self sustaining source of power for the certain 538 people, that We keep electing, who keep making the same promises and never deliver nor honour the oath of office that they take. The one thing we do have the ability to control is financial investment in political campaigns and the other is voting out the people whom just maintain the status quo in governance rather than doing what is right, defending the Constitution by protecting individual and minority rights from the tyranny of the majority rule and religious thoughts or opinions on civil issues.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000066;">OUR QUEER PRIDE! OUR COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENCE?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #006600;">As I have stated many times before, specifically in</span> <span style="color: #000066;">F</span><span style="color: #ff6600;">6'</span><span style="color: #000066;">s</span> <span style="color: #006600;">original format back in June of 2005, </span><span style="color: #000066;">GLBT PRIDE</span> <span style="color: #006600;">is not just about being proud of who we are or forcing everyone to accept our flamboyant displays of independence.</span> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlDc9f7UjDI/AAAAAAAACOE/hjiXyOxCEd4/s1600-h/two+flags.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355022906043960370" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlDc9f7UjDI/AAAAAAAACOE/hjiXyOxCEd4/s400/two+flags.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 225px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 325px;" /></a> <span style="color: #006600;"><span style="color: #000066;">OUR PRIDE</span> is outlined by individual sense of dignity and our collective value as created equal in the image of God/dess and viewed as such under the law of this land too.</span> <span style="color: #000066;">OUR PRIDE</span> <span style="color: #006600;">is defined as</span> <span style="color: #ff6600;">a group formed not necessarily based on heredity or biological connections, similar to that of a pride of lions.</span> <span style="color: #006600;">When we shout and holler back about</span> <span style="color: #000066;">OUR PRIDE</span><span style="color: #006600;">, the rally cry doesn't mean we are a bunch of Dancing Queens but that We ARE Family!</span><br /><br />E Pluribus Unum, Out Of Many One, is also why OUR PRIDE is very much attached to our Country's Independence, and why we can also say We The People with the greatest of honour and demand at the same time that self evident truth declared so many years ago "That All Men Are Created Equal" be applied to us also. That is what also caused our Founders during that first Continental Congress to not just Declare Independence from the tyranny of an oppressive King and a clueless Parliament that refused to hear our forebearers redress of grievances. That is what makes the United States of America by definition a Republic and not a Democracy. That is what prevents the majority from eliminating the rights of the minority.<br /><br /><span style="color: #ff6600;">America, please pay attention to your own words:</span><br /><span style="color: #006600;">Have We forgotten to swear to one another our lives, fortunes, and sacred honour?</span> <span style="color: #006600;"><br />Have We traded each for the sake of ego, greed, and power rather than brotherhood?</span> <span style="color: #006600;"><br />How long will We stop declaring our independence and let these truths be denied us?</span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlDAzUCYDDI/AAAAAAAACNk/Q-N6scieEjM/s1600-h/17220601.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354991944728054834" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlDAzUCYDDI/AAAAAAAACNk/Q-N6scieEjM/s400/17220601.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 466px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 634px;" /></a><br /><span style="color: #000066;">WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND THE SIMULTANEOUS REPEAL OF DADT &amp; DOMA</span><br /><br />In all reality both pieces of legislation DADT &amp; DOMA are tied at the hip they revolve around the same issues of law and the same religious prejudices within Civil Society, but they also revolve around similar issues within the Constitution too.<br /><br />1. <span style="color: #ff6600;">The Declaration of Independence </span><br />A. The DOI has the force of law today as it is included in the United States Code at the beginning under Organic Laws of the United States of America. As the Constitution falls within that same category, The DOI, if </yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah>not equal to, is at least subordinate to, and applicable in, interpretation of, the Constitution by the Courts and </yeah></yeah></yeah><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlDahF6hQxI/AAAAAAAACN8/D5WLB5zPBDg/s1600-h/gay_military.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355020219001684754" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlDahF6hQxI/AAAAAAAACN8/D5WLB5zPBDg/s400/gay_military.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 250px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 250px;" /></a><yeah><yeah><yeah>implementation of law by Congress and enforcement of law by the Executive Branch.</yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah>B. We either hold all 5 truths self evident or none. Either "all men are created equal" or they're not. Make up your mind America, which do We The People hold dear? You cannt declare Life and Liberty without the Pursuit of Happiness. Yet Religious nut jobs thinks that they can deny equality to 1 of every 6 to 10 by law.<br /><br />2. <span style="color: #ff6600;">The Constitution Of The United States of America</span><br />A. Obviously 1st is the Full Faith &amp; Credit Clause of Article 4 section 1:<br />... shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State.<br />B. Article 6 paragraph 3 (specify last clause)<br />... no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust.....<br />C. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution">Amendment 14</a> (1868)<br />section 1 All persons born or naturalized...subject to the jurisdiction...are citizens of the United States....<br />No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.<br /><br /><span style="color: #006600;">Marriage and Military Service an Office of or part of the Public Trust?</span><br /><br />I would argue that they are. When clergy perform the marriage ritual they evoke two authorities to solemnize the act of Sacred Union, that of Deity and the State: "By the power invested in me by the State of Indiana and (insert affiliation) I now declare you (plural) to be partners in life" As <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/2009/05/all-arguements-regarding-abortion-gay.html">I stated here a month ago</a>, originally Civil Unions were intentionally done to strip religious test out of marriage in this Country, by the Puritans. Some how between the Civil War and Reconstruction through World War II and Korea religious test found their way back into the public ambiguity of normal regulation, to preventing interracial marriages from happening, until 1967 when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia">Mildred and Richard Loving took on the State of Virginia</a> at the Supreme Court.</yeah></yeah></yeah><br /><yeah><yeah><yeah>The United States legally established tax code which recognizes married partners as a joined legal entity, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juristic_person">juristic person</a>, which is also dually licensed by the State, and established to promote Public Trust. </yeah></yeah></yeah><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlDgIkiBgXI/AAAAAAAACOM/2iLoTR3Aa4c/s1600-h/memorial+day3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="PILLOW FIGHT WITH THE BOIS" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355026394793476466" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlDgIkiBgXI/AAAAAAAACOM/2iLoTR3Aa4c/s400/memorial+day3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 350px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 350px;" /></a><yeah><yeah><yeah>The </yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah>Partners <a href="http://f6slinkspage.blogspot.com/2008/07/loving-more-than-one-what-is-multiple.html">whom having entered into such arrangements by swearing an oath of allegiance</a>, thereby become </yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah>Officers of a Public Trust, whom at a minimum receive benefits and special privileges for that status. What is the first thing that happens when one enlists in the United States Military? They swear an oath or affirm to Defend the Constitution! That also means that both married partners and military personnel gay or straight are Officers holding the Public Trust, and therefore immune from any religious test and that includes any moral and religious objections towards homosexuality in Civil Marriages and Military Services!</yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><span style="color: #006600;">This is not just an issue of equality but the relationship and proximity between our Men, our Money, and our Mouths!</span></yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah>We The People still swore to each other our lives, fortunes, and sacred honour; but can we honestly say "We hold these truths to be self evident:", when we deny them to one out of six of our fellow Americans? The reason why Congress is STONEWALLING on DADT and DOMA is simple: ego, greed, and power. Lets remove them from office, starting in 2010!</yeah></yeah></yeah><br /><br /><yeah><yeah><yeah>But the conversation can not stop there. <yeah><yeah><yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah>When </yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah>DADT is repealed DOMA will fall right behind it because about most<span style="color: #006600;">*</span> </yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah>of the Military (*<span style="color: #006600;">CORRECTION:</span> 1.2 million, of which, 42% are E-4s &amp; 5s and 75% are E-3 through E-6 ranks respectfully) is made up of </yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah>Enlisted men and women.</yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlQNTIeOkEI/AAAAAAAACOc/qtfwZGhoRtE/s1600-h/DOD+2009+PAYROLL+1.bmp" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355920479193305154" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlQNTIeOkEI/AAAAAAAACOc/qtfwZGhoRtE/s400/DOD+2009+PAYROLL+1.bmp" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 261px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 300px;" /></a><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah>The minute DADT is repealed or found </yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah>unconstitutional, DOMA will have to go right along with it because you are going to see a lot of really hot men and women in uniform walk their lovers down the aisles, get married, and then turn around and apply for off base housing, which locally ranges between $678-1180 per </yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah>month and is overseas approximately $2 thousand dollars a month in increased income, multiplied by an estimated 65 thousand soldiers at a minimum. Military housing whether off base or on base is down right horrible. Out of the 134 thousand housing units 43% are substandard and approximately 25% are 7 years over their viability or years of service standard. Not forgetting to mention the <a href="http://news.aol.com/elections-blog/2007/05/26/gop-trump-card-on-gay-marriage/">spouses and children' health benefits</a> and counseling and education services and all the other expenses from living on or off a Military base can include. Let's also not forget to mention the cost to reenlist at least 30 percent of the 12,000 that have already been discharged under Dont Ask Dont Tell back into service and an additional 20-45 percent of those that previously didn't sign back on when their original contract ended, and approximately 40 percent of them will be married by now, therefore requiring off base or non barracks housing. (<span style="color: #000066;">Source:</span> <span style="color: #006600;">DODs DUnderSec's</span> <a href="http://www.acq.osd.mil/housing/housing101.htm">Report on Military Housing</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: #ff6600;">I HAVE FOUR MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU AMERICA:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #006600;">Are We The People willing to put our money where our mouth and motives are, not in politicians hands?</span> <span style="color: #006600;">Are We The People willing to allow the men and women whom fight for our freedom be free </span><span style="color: #006600;">to love?</span><br /><span style="color: #006600;">Are We The People willing </span><span style="color: #006600;">to let them live together with whom they choose and raise their children?</span><span style="color: #006600;">Are We The People willing to deny them the very sacrifice they offered us freely, personal liberty?</span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlC6byzQMhI/AAAAAAAACNc/prMQetGbVEg/s1600-h/01love08.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354984943599497746" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SlC6byzQMhI/AAAAAAAACNc/prMQetGbVEg/s400/01love08.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 380px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 285px;" /></a><span style="color: #006600;">F</span><span style="color: #ff6600;">6</span> <span style="color: #000066;">LINKS <span style="color: #006600;">&amp;</span> RESOURCES</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #006600;">Normally there would be a full battery of links, resources, and recommendations for the readers and other works cited either stated and/or recapped here from throughout the post, However due to both the length and the detail of both this post and the amount and individual text of the works cited, I felt it necessary to create</span> <a href="http://f6slinkspage.blogspot.com/2009/07/our-pride-our-independence-if-democrats.html">a separate post</a> <span style="color: #006600;">on</span> <span style="color: #000066;">F</span><span style="color: #ff6600;">6'</span><span style="color: #000066;">s LINKS PAGE</span> <span style="color: #006600;">for this post alone. Please refer to it for some pretty cool finds over the last month that it has taken me to write this post out, please. Thank you for your consideration.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #ff6600;">F</span><span style="color: #006600;">6</span> <span style="color: #000066;">EDITORIAL POLICY STATEMENTS</span><span style="color: #000066;"> F<span style="color: #ff6600;">6</span></span><span style="color: #006600;"> has several <a href="http://f6slinkspage.blogspot.com/search/label/Military">resources</a> and <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/search/label/Gays%20in%20the%20Military">commentaries</a> regarding</span><span style="color: #000066;"> GAYS IN THE MILITARY</span>. <span style="color: #006600;">As an issue of editorial policy,</span> <span style="color: #000066;">F<span style="color: #ff6600;">6</span> <span style="color: #006600;">will challenge any assertion that <span style="color: #000066;">Don't Ask, Don't Tell</span> is either Constitutional or proper policy <span style="color: #000066;">in our great country</span></span><span style="color: #006600;">,</span> <span style="color: #006600;">the <span style="color: #ff6600;">land of the free</span> and the <span style="color: #ff6600;">home of the brave</span>, especially in a place where all men are created equal!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #006600;">F</span><span style="color: #ff6600;">6'</span><span style="color: #006600;">s</span> <span style="color: #000066;">EDITOR UPDATE:</span> <span style="color: #ff6600;">08 JULY 09</span> <span style="color: #006600;">US Representative</span> <a href="http://www.patrickmurphy.house.gov/">PATRICK MURPHY</a> <span style="color: #006600;">of Pennsylvania, a retired Army Captain, and West Point Professor, has taken pointe on <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1283">HR1283</a>, <span style="color: #000066;">The Military Readiness Enhancement Act</span> which will cause the repeal of <span style="color: #ff6600;">Dont Ask Dont Tell</span> by Congress. Please also note that Representative Murphy, four days after this post was originally published, specifically used (7:15 mark) my direct arguments above, that the Oath of Office that both Members of Congress and the Military both swear and affirm are equal and therefore our Troops have status as an Officer of or part of the Public Trust and therefore are free from any religious test or bias to hold such positions. Thank you Congress Member Murphy for picking up the ball for the final run across the field! (</span><span style="color: #000066;">MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show via News Politics News</span><span style="color: #006600;">)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000066;">F</span><span style="color: #006600;">6'</span><span style="color: #000066;">s EDITOR FOLLOWUP:</span> <span style="color: #006600;">John P. Mortimer, Esq., a retired civil rights attorney,</span> <a href="http://open.salon.com/blog/john_mortimer_esq/2009/06/27/the_big_chill_why_obama_defends_doma_as_he_works_for_repeal">has a wonderful post</a> <span style="color: #006600;">that I was just referred to by</span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeSF73ONq1w">RobMuch on You Tube</a><span style="color: #006600;">, which also outlines similar ideas and develops deeper the arguments against The Defense Of Marriage Act, details stringently President Obama's hypocrisy and political pandering when dealing with the Gay and Lesbian Community's struggle for equality, and why he wants to keep DOMA out of the Court's proper place of review. I'm glad that he also chose to speak out about the disenfranchisement we have and are suffering at the whims of a religious bias in a secular nation.</span></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah><br /><br /><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><span style="color: #006600;"><span style="color: #000066;">F<span style="color: #ff6600;">6</span></span><span style="color: #006600;"> This post has been modified and revised in both content and format as certain multimedia was no longer unavailable from its original source it has been removed to allow the free flow of ideas and perceptions even if they are at this pointe historical and could be perceived by some to be archaic. Thank you for your continued patronage</span></span></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><span style="color: #006600;"><span style="color: #006600;">. </span></span></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><span style="color: #006600;"><span style="color: #006600;"><span style="color: #000066;">(rvsd by editor 08Oct12)<span style="color: #006600;"><span style="color: #006600;">...</span></span></span></span></span></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><yeah><span style="color: #006600;"><span style="color: #006600;"></span> </span></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah></yeah><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-88812860341698944902009-06-02T11:59:00.008-04:002009-06-04T23:21:22.961-04:00TTD in D Fort? This Week: Tues-Sat: Canal Days in New Haven; Thurs: Family Fun Night @Friemann Sq.; Fri-Sun: SUMMERFEST; & Germanfest next week @HWP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SiU1MJ1WvFI/AAAAAAAACLI/bQspHdvX6Y8/s1600-h/riverboy86td4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SiU1MJ1WvFI/AAAAAAAACLI/bQspHdvX6Y8/s400/riverboy86td4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342735015859371090" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Whom Doesn't Love The Follies Of Youth?</span><br /><br />It Is Summertime In The Hoosier State! </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">One of the first ways to tell when summer has set into full swing besides the smell of campfires and barbecue in the late night hours is all the hot young men running around shirtless in either board and khaki shorts or their underwear or other various states of nudity. The other way to tell is when grown men embrace their inner child and create a slip and slide in the middle of a dorm hallway, or a ravine, or in the middle of a particularly undisclosed *<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">cough</span>* City park.... </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Canal Days in New Haven: <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Shortened but better</span>?</span><br /><br />The tough economic times (<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">*</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">see below</span>) that we are in have also affected the small town festivals we all love for that hometown flavour that sometimes gets lost in the big city. New Haven and Adams Township is hosting <a href="http://www.newhavenin.org/egov/docs/1240602257826.htm">Canal Days</a> this week @ Shnelker Park on Broadway (<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">aka Trier or Landin Road in Fort Wayne</span>). Proceed on Lincoln Highway East (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">or the straight road after the O'Daniel Ford Dealer on US930</span>) and go 1 block south on Broadway to get to the Park. The festivities begin 6 p.m. Tuesday, 4 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, and Noon on Saturday, closing @ 11 p.m. each night.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">UPDATE:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">NEWS SENTINEL</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">posted</span> <a href="http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/SE/20090604/NEWS/906040317">an article on the issues surrounding festival funding</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">on Thursday.<br />Please look below this post for relevant excerpts and commentary or go to the above link for the article.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">In Fort Wayne we mark the beginning of summer with a jam concert and plenty of face painting to go around and of course alcohol out the ass. This is also the time of year when all the non profits and political hacks try to get their message out to the larger community, and increase their outreach heavily.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">would like you to remember to drink responsibly and to <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">have a designated driver</span> when coming to events in Fort Wayne and recommend the</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Yellow Taxi Cab Company</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">phone: 260-422-1010</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">for your non sobriety relief and assistance. The adage is true, You came to Allen County on vacation! Will you leave on probation? Be Sober, Be Safe!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SiUoBuVwuII/AAAAAAAACLA/VK4d2ncG_1s/s1600-h/freimann+family+night+2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 175px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SiUoBuVwuII/AAAAAAAACLA/VK4d2ncG_1s/s400/freimann+family+night+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342720543029246082" border="0" /></a>Unlike <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/2008/06/thursdays-in-june-for-fort-wayne-fun.html">last year when</a> the Downtown Improvement District hosted <a href="http://www.downtownfortwayne.com/events_page.php?id=179&amp;p=8&amp;s=9">Friemann Family Fun Night</a> this years celebration kicking off to summer is just one night on this first Thursday the 4th instead of the whole month <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">*</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">tears</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">*</span>; however this means, that a whole lot of free fun is packed into three hours for kids of all ages, including: a Mario Kart Contest to win a Nintendo DSI c/o <a href="http://www.mcvans.com/freimannFamilyThursdays%202009.asp">McVan's Video Game Traders</a> (<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">visit website for more details</span>) and a young Hoosier celebrity <a href="http://www.myspace.com/marneeaugust">Marnee August</a> along with the traditional balloon launch and arts and crafts.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">SUMMERFEST 2009:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Celebrate Summer &amp; Say Bye-bye Hunger!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SiUcTR5S_PI/AAAAAAAACK4/_hFyUJSpmdA/s1600-h/flyer_temp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 350px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SiUcTR5S_PI/AAAAAAAACK4/_hFyUJSpmdA/s400/flyer_temp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342707650491776242" border="0" /></a>During this first weekend in June <a href="http://www.myspace.com/heartlandcommunities501c3">Heartland Communities, Inc</a> along with many others have come together to present <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">SUMMERFEST 2009</span> on June 5th through the 7th @ Head Waters Park where over 40 original music acts, along with other talented performers and artists as well as a varied slate of vendors, education opportunities, and activities for all ages, will be coming together to begin <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">"</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Kicking-off Summer and Alleviating Hunger in 09</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">"</span>! The cost for all three days, is 18 dollars; and for one day admission, 8 dollars; with a 3 dollar discount on either with the donation of a non perishable food item which will be donated to the <a href="http://www.communityharvest.org/pages/">Community Harvest Food Bank</a>.<br /><br />We also have some free events and opportunities set up throughout the event for those whom cant afford admission; plus, there are still many ways to <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">VOLUNTEER</span> for <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">SUMMERFEST</span> and earn a free wristband! <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">SUMMERFEST</span> [<a href="http://www.summerfestfortwayne.com/">Music Website</a>] and [<a href="http://www.sf09.webs.com/">Main Website</a>] will include a skate tournament and Punk Rock concert on Friday June 5th, 2009 followed by live music by many of the local Ft. Wayne favorites of all genres of music on a stage inside the West pavilion on Saturday June 6th, 2009 and ending with an a flag football game with participants being the performers and an acoustic concert on Sunday June 7th, 2009. Right click on image and open in a new tab to view the full band schedule for <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">SUMMERFEST</span>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">No, of course it wouldn't be Fort Wayne without Germanfest.....</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SiVaCcGlpAI/AAAAAAAACLQ/clK6MHbcVCQ/s1600-h/RumpaBarL_468x346.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SiVaCcGlpAI/AAAAAAAACLQ/clK6MHbcVCQ/s400/RumpaBarL_468x346.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342775530895025154" border="0" /></a>The week long festival begins @ 11 a.m. Sunday the 7th of June, 2009 with German language Mass presided over by Fr. Chuck Herman @ Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Church on DeWald Street followed by a brat dinner with "German style refreshments".<br /><br />Grab your steins and learn to slap your jowels when asking your friends whats for dinner. Of course what is for dinner varies from vendor or the particular event during the week long festival but the main attraction has and will always be bratwurst and sauerkraut. <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Oh yeah ...I almost forgot.... and cold draft beer! </span>There are many events going on during the week long festivities, you can plan your schedule accordingly by visiting the <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Germanfest</span> <a href="http://germanfest.org/pages/events.html">Event Calendar</a>.<br /><br />The beer tent is open 10:30a.m. Wednesday and goes until midnight and opens the next three days @ 11 a.m. until midnight on Thursday and 1:00a.m. Friday and Saturday nights. Admission and meal prices vary based on the events and locations, please check ahead to plan accordingly.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">FESTIVAL FUNDING:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Interesting Facts To Consider</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">New Haven Canal Days</span><br />1. Turnout expected to be @ 25 thousand, same as last year.<br />2. They are not competing with GermanFest at the same time.<br />3. Budget for this year total 8 thousand dollars, a shortfall of 15 thousand dollars<br />4. Budget for last year just for entertainment 6 thousand dollars (drastic)<br />5. Went from 8 food vendors to 5 and major attractions/events limited or discontinued.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Three Rivers Festival</span><br />1. Currently has 52 sponsors which is only a minor deficit from last year.<br />2. They are approximately 34 thousand dollars short in making their budget.<br />3. Introducing first ever Remote Control Vehicle Racing Competition.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Source:</span> <a href="http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/SE/20090604/NEWS/906040317">Rain doesn't dampen Canal Days</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">by Gina Potthoff <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">News Sentinel</span> 04 June 2009</span> <br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br />SUMMERFEST 2009:</span><br /><br />All donations are tax deductible. If you wish to donate time, money, or products, which can be either auctioned off or given away you may contact Alex or Grace personally to make arrangements for any level of sponsorship or assistance you or your company wishes to provide:<br />Alex MacDonald <a href="http://www.summerfestfortwayne.com/">SUMMERFEST</a> Founder<br />phone: 260-710-2061 email: Alexmacdonald24@hotmail.com or<br />Grace Strahm <a href="http://www.myspace.com/heartlandcommunities501c3">Heartland Communities</a> Vice President<br />phone: 260-422-3853 email: musiclovestarspeace@yahoo.com<br /><br />Thank you to the following (to be filled in later) for advertising and covering this event.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">DISCLOSURE:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">EDITOR</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">OF</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">serves on the Board of Stewards of</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Heartland Communities, Inc.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-55759333214502263642009-05-27T02:30:00.003-04:002009-05-27T03:45:35.507-04:00F6 EDITOR'S STATEMENT: We In The Gay Community Need To Put The Brakes On Prop 8! By Lifting Up The Symbol Of Our Suffering, We Will Be Made Whole!<object width="600" height="330"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KgxEo8Joaqs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0xe1600f&amp;border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KgxEo8Joaqs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0xe1600f&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="330"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The decision came down from on high, and copied the actions of Hitler in 1935.<br />"Everything is fine!" they cry, for those who tried; but for the rest, all is denied.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ShyyoD8_zQI/AAAAAAAACKU/f3HYtKWD9SY/s1600-h/kissgoldengatejeanscar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ShyyoD8_zQI/AAAAAAAACKU/f3HYtKWD9SY/s400/kissgoldengatejeanscar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340339659480222978" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">One of the things that we as</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">GLBTIQAS Americans</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">can do to show our solidarity with the Californian members of our PRIDE is to no longer allow intolerance to hide behind our patience!</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">I am asking everyone who reads this blog to place two blue dots vertical to one another on their left brake light to form the outline of the number 8.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Every time you stop your car or slow down to change directions people will see the sign of our suffering (Number 21:4-9) and know that you are driving for equality and one day we will be able to love, our children will be free, and our families made whole!<br /><br />I would also ask those whom are in States where the blue light dots are illegal or highly regulated to find some other form of a metallic or reflective but transparent number 8 sticker (<span style="font-style: italic;">typically at your local Truck Stop or Travelers Center or Hardware Store</span>) and place it on your left brake lamp lens so that you may participate in this silent but visible protest as well. Please remember that in either case (<span style="font-style: italic;">the blue dots or the number sticker</span>), <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">you don't want to obstruct the use of your brake lamps</span>, you want the light to reflect around through the holes in the middle to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">brighten up the number 8</span> so that people will see it clearly as you cut them off in traffic. Let us bring awareness of the full effects of intolerance running around this to the Country in the name of patriotism, rather than what it is - religious bias, that doesn't belong in Civil Unions in the first place.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The following collaboration video by Matthew Brown is a response to the Religious Right Wing nuts.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">However I must warn you that the speech and some footage could be considered Not Safe For Work.</span><br /><object width="600" height="330"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/51Dpcq2fZmc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0xe1600f&amp;border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/51Dpcq2fZmc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0xe1600f&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="330"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">PHOTO CREDIT</span><br />[<a href="http://gay-kiss-paradise.blogspot.com/">GAY KISS PARADISE</a>] <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">c/o</span> [<a href="http://best-gay-bloggers-blog.blogspot.com/">BEST GAY BLOGS</a>]<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">YOU TUBE VIDEOS</span><br />[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DerekVids">DEREK ANTHONY</a>] [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/meheh">MATTHEW BROWN</a>]<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">PUT THE BRAKES ON PROP 8! </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The poem is still in process of being written. However the first two lines reference to the</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws">Nuremberg Laws</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">in 1935 Germany. Jews married to Germans could stay married but no new marriages between the two people groups were permitted after that.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Hat/tip:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" class="fn">James Heller-Jackson</span> <a href="http://twitter.com/geekjames">@geekjames</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">for the reminder and verification of similar thought process.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">::POEM AND CAMPAIGN::</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">PUT THE BRAKES ON PROP 8!</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">is the intellectual property of</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">MRev. Kenneth White, Jnr.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">It may be used freely with privilege reserved if credit for the text and idea is returned justly.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">REFERENCE:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The last</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">post regarding</span> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/f6abrtngay">abortion and gay rights</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">as toward the end it explains civil unions and gay marriage in a historical legal and religious context of colonial America and is well worth the refresher.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">NUMBERS 21:4-9:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Lift Up The Suffering Symbol, Look Upon It, And Be Made Whole!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">NEW AMERICAN BIBLE</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">c/o</span> <a href="http://usccb.org/nab/bible/numbers/numbers21.htm">The United States Conference Of Roman Catholic Bishops</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-16681819412465427372009-05-23T11:00:00.003-04:002009-05-23T11:30:34.060-04:00All The Arguements Regarding Abortion & Gay Rights Revolve Around The Same Issues & Leaves Us With One Query: What Qualifies As "Fair Minded" Speech?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ShXEYGYjAPI/AAAAAAAACJs/ya3qG2Jslak/s1600-h/misscaperezhilton.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ShXEYGYjAPI/AAAAAAAACJs/ya3qG2Jslak/s400/misscaperezhilton.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338388851627065586" border="0" /></a>Over the last several weeks abortion and gay rights have been at the forefront of the American discourse and political angst. It culminated last week, with both President Barack Obama's commencement speech at Notre Dame and the Donald Trump press conference over the controversial statements and actions by the Miss America runner up Carrie Prejean of California.<br /><br />This is now followed by the announcement at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific on Tuesday the 26th by the <a href="http://www.dayofdecision.com/">California Supreme Courts decision regarding Prop 8</a> and the status of the 18 thousand marriages previously performed in California during the five and a half months it was legal to do so. Since that pointe in history Same Sex Marriage is now legalized or strengthened in even more states Iowa, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, District of Columbia, and the Coquille Indian Tribe (which is a sovereign Native Nation located inside the State of Oregon), in fact already three States are talking about Gay Divorce Laws though they don't allow us to wed.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The BILERICO Project</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">has</span> <a href="http://indiana.bilerico.com/2009/05/full_speech_obama_addresses_notre_dame_g.php">the full text of the speech</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">by</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">President Obama <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">to the</span> University of Notre Dame <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">graduating class of 2009. He rightly pointed out in his speech, "</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">...we know that the views of most Americans on the subject are complex and even contradictory - the fact is that at some level, the views of the two camps are irreconcilable. Each side will continue to make its case to the public with passion and conviction. But surely we can do so without reducing those with differing views to caricature.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">" I would recommend everyone to read it in full text. To answer his call we could start with some basic questions, like the ones at the bottom of this post below; but I would like to first redress the issue that is normally ignored by law or written off by civil society as chauvinistic, the equal rights of the fathers and men in general.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ShPfVhjrgVI/AAAAAAAACJk/77YFgaw73CI/s1600-h/2709.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ShPfVhjrgVI/AAAAAAAACJk/77YFgaw73CI/s400/2709.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337855544242438482" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The Equal Rights Of The Fathers!</span><br /><br />One of the biggest issues is the failure of our Federal and State laws to recognize the fact that the donor of sperm contributes not just half of the chromosomal or genetic glop which penetrates the mothers internal game of <a href="http://www.gamingdale.com/games/children/chutes_and_ladders/index.html">Chutes &amp; Ladders</a> but succeeds in determining the gender of the child(ren) also, based on which way his pieces are put into play. This lack of legal standing in parental relationships presents a larger problem legally then everyone realizes.<br /><br />The other aspect that is currently overlooked by the current laws is the <a href="http://www.priestsforlife.org/postabortion/postabortiontestimonymen.htm">psychological damage to fathers</a> whom were forced to allow termination with no legal redress to their own portion of flesh and blood currently gestating inside another persons womb. It takes at least two people for a life to be created, sometimes three or more, and that means that each person from the individual biological parents as well as the surrogate or the future adoptive parents or the new boyfriend all should have some legal standing to determine the best course of action for the future human, not just the person who is gestating the fertilized embryo.<br /><br />Even today there are cases in multiple jurisdictions regarding which parent has legal standing in situations regarding same sex marriages or multiple partner relationships or previous relationships with persons whom contributed to the fertilization and gestation and rearing of children, which then causes eminence heartache to both the children and to the parents involved and is usually resolved with one or more parents being forced to walk away with no contact with the children they created and/or helped raise from infancy and beyond.<br /><br />Our parenting laws need to updated on a Federal level not just the State level because now it is an issue of both equal access and legal recognition of all parents, gay and straight, single or married, involved in the formation of our next generations. They all need to have a percentage based legal standing; otherwise you will have to deal with another legal conundrum if we do not assigning legal status to the parent but to the child, at that point, the law will define the child as a sentient being with its own ability to determine its course in life even in the womb at a certain pointe, which potentially could be cited to overturn Roe v. Wade or other abortion provisions indirectly rather than making a principled stand on the issues involved.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Don't misunderstand, <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">I am against abortion completely!</span> I believe as a Libertarian abortion is a violation of </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">the principled and self evident truths established by our nations founding, regardless of any personal </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.l4l.org/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 175px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Shfs8WOX4AI/AAAAAAAACKE/F8V6DPztJ30/s400/Libertarians-For-Life-Logo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338996404773183490" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">religious views or thoughts. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Even in the remotest possibility of rape, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">abortion is at a minimum destruction of evidence</span> and second as a Pastor, an elimination of the one thing that could turn the heart and both judge and redeem the perpetrator of the crime. No child should be held responsible for the crimes of their parent and that is what abortion does. However, to quote Joan Crawford's character in the 1980s movie</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Mommie Dearest</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">, "</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">No More Wire Hangers Ever!</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">", <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">I am glad that it is permitted under law at the same time</span> only because of the health of the mother, compared to non clinical procedures which predated the Roe v. Wade decision, back in the early seventies. Ironically, I am also one of the first <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">who can say with great ease that abortion is murder</span> because I have witnessed the results second hand and have been placed in the pastoral position of being with someone during the procedure. For my own sanity, what is left of it, the woman miscarried six hours before the procedure was to happen fortunately.</span><br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">::::</span>BREAKING NEWS OUT OF UTAH<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">::::</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Man Charged With Beating Pregnant Teenager</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">A man in Utah was charged Friday with attempted homicide in the beating of a pregnant teenager who police say <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">asked for the pummeling in an effort to abort her six-month-old fetus</span>.</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br />Deputy Uintah County Attorney Mark Thomas said he filed the felony charge against Arron N. Harrison, 21, who was arrested Thursday and jailed in lieu of $10,000 bail. </span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br />Prosecutors are still weighing possible charges against the 17-year-old girl, who is also in custody. Authorities haven't disclosed her name. </span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br />"I haven't decided who's more at fault," Mark Watkins, police chief of Naples, 130 miles east of Salt Lake City, told The Associated Press. "She was just as cold as the assailant - we're not going to treat her as a victim."</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Thomas said Harrison is expected to appear in court Tuesday and faces one to 15 years in prison if convicted. Harrison pummeled the girl's abdomen in an effort to cause a miscarriage, Watkins said.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">"<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Her intention was, in fact, to abort the child - to terminate the pregnancy,</span>" </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">he said.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">The fetus survived, but doctors won't know for certain what injuries it may have sustained until it is born. The girl spent a day in a hospital before her arrest and is being held at a juvenile detention center, Watkins said. </span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br />Thomas said the beating took place late Tuesday, and that the girl initially told her family she had been mugged by an unknown assailant. The family called police, who got the girl to speak truthfully about what happened, Watkins said. He said Harrison was an acquaintance of the girl and is not the father of the child.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Neither Thomas nor Watkins knew if either of the two had a lawyer.</span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">(</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Source: </span> <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/22/national/main5035198.shtml">CBS NEWS &amp; AP</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">, 22 May 2009</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">)</span></blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The problems hold the answers to the resolution of both abortion and lack of equality in this Country.</span><br /><br />The problem now is we have a highly unregulated private industry, which has <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLDGFzdPjBU">broken laws in the past</a>, providing the service to line their own pocketbooks and promote a decision that should not be made outside of a hospital, nor without medical ethics review by a panel of doctors, after consulting every social service alternative including adoption and stable homes for both the fathers and the mothers, single or married. Any action be it religious or civil in nature must recognize all parents involved and stop this vicious cycle of repression of emotions and sexuality, and the denial of a fathers right to know his children, otherwise nothing will change and in this day and age the overall situations that our children find themselves will only get worse. We need to diametrically change the way we view the nature of the family in this day and age and allow for alternative family structures that work, like <a href="http://f6slinkspage.blogspot.com/2008/07/loving-more-than-one-what-is-multiple.html">multiple partner relationships</a> and State sponsored group housing scenarios to give our young people the ability to be both successful in life and become great parents with the safety of the children always at the forefront of the discussion, and the rights of all parents not far behind it.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Libertarians <a href="http://www.lp.org/platform">regard the individual as Sovereign</a> up until the pointe that they affect someone else's sovereignty and we are generally against anything that addresses a collective group as a special class because we believe that "<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">all are created equal</span>" and therefore to separate individual people by race or by class is in essence unconstitutional. How then do the issues of gay rights intertwine with abortion rights? The same arguments involved in the religious teaching against abortion and premarital sex are the same as the argument and predisposition towards the gay rights issues at a religious level which unfortunately both spill over into civil and political discourse regularly.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Hate Crimes vs. Abortion Clinics</span><br /><br />However the nature of Hate Crimes protest of legal protection of sexual minority classes and Abortion Clinic protests and more specifically bombing threats are in fact the same issue. On one hand you have an individual or organization attacking a facility for religious purposes or bias to promote a political agenda and on the other hand you have someone attacking individuals for political/civil reasons or bias to promote a religious agenda in a Country that separates the two ideologies. <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /><br />In both of these circumstances the attack is not just on one facility or persons but on the collective industry or community that they associate with as a whole. In actuality two crimes were committed simultaneously, once against the facility/individuals and once against the industry/community.</span><br /><br />The current Hate Crimes legislation, in my opinion while flawed and in need of a serious modification, is necessary for both the individuals security and the collective groups liberties to be respected under the law of the land regardless of biases or agendas. This concern over flaws in the current field of legislation is given credence by recent actions in the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/5357247/Law-will-force-churches-to-employ-gay-staff.html">European Union</a> and elsewhere that if not addressed in the beginning it can only lead to a slippery slope with further erosion of free personal thought and the first amendment protections regarding freedom of association/assembly issues regarding principles and beliefs when hiring decisions arise within companies and organizations, be they religious or secular, gay or straight.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Love and Marriage Love and Marriage Go Together Like A Horse A Carriage </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br />This I Tell You Brother You Cant Have One Without The Other....</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ShXFpe8t2DI/AAAAAAAACJ0/BODefA7Il5U/s1600-h/lk0409d__1239376642_2788.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 250px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ShXFpe8t2DI/AAAAAAAACJ0/BODefA7Il5U/s400/lk0409d__1239376642_2788.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338390249790625842" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">But you can have it without government interference if we followed the Libertarian Philosophy which acknowledges individual sovereignty and we also believe that,<br />"</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-style: italic;">Consenting adults should be <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">free to choose</span> their own sexual practices and <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">personal relationships</span>. Government does not have the authority to define, license or restrict personal relationships.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">"<br />Anyone who claims that marriage is a historically civil or religious institution between a man and a woman only is not only ignorant of history but also invalid according to the principles outlined in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">This commercial interruption is provided by <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Visit Montreal</span> with complete humor as its intention.</span><br /><object width="600" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xYgQNRUfsx0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x4e9e00&amp;color2=0xe1600f&amp;border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xYgQNRUfsx0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x4e9e00&amp;color2=0xe1600f&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />Larry Kramer an Author and Playwright <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-kramer/homo-sex-in-colonial-amer_b_205399.html">asserts in a recent column</a> @ The Huffington Post, that the very beginning foundations of our country consisted of grouped and partnered male households, as women in the first colony of Jamestown were scarce at the earliest and definitely still under represented even into the next century to come, by quoting excerpts of text from <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Sexual Revolution in Early America</span>, by Richard Godbeer:<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">...Jamestown was initially an all-male settlement...in subsequent years...male colonists outnumbered women by roughly six to one in the 1620's and four to one in later decades....<br />Settlers in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake often paired off to form all-male households, living and working together. ...it would be truly remarkable if all the male-only partnerships lacked a sexual ingredient....</blockquote>In his own book <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The American People</span>, Kramer denotes that: "<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">...not only were male-only partnerships quite in evidence, but <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">services were often conducted to join the partners "under God,</span>" and that, of equal interest, was their adoption of Indian children to raise as their own.</span>" He finally exclaims, "I hope it will not be too much longer before scholars will be able to deal with the fact that Jamestown was in fact not only America's first colony but its first homosexual community."<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I would be negligent in my duties <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">as a fair and balanced commentator</span> to also pointe out that <a href="http://www.as.miami.edu/history/biographies/godbeer.html">Richard Godbeer</a> later modified his stance in the work</span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ShX1dO_dlSI/AAAAAAAACJ8/IWJcam03kfk/s1600-h/6a00e54f0a235a883401156f8a5687970b-800wi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 324px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ShX1dO_dlSI/AAAAAAAACJ8/IWJcam03kfk/s400/6a00e54f0a235a883401156f8a5687970b-800wi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338442815906878754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The Overflowing Friendship: Love Between Men and the Creation of the American Republic</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">to accept the <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">popular culture concept of bromance</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">rather than a undying passion that resounds of an intimacy similar to that with a woman between two or more men, even though in one account alone you see <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">two 27 year old males in the throws of passion exude not just a brotherly bond</span>, but that of an underlying lover: </span><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">"</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Tormented when apart, greedy for more when together....determined we should never part again.... I will give myself up to you, I will go wherever you go and one shall not go without the other. I love you very much. Yours for ever--and ever and ever.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">"</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span></blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> For those who don't know gay and religious lingo the second phrase is a specific desire to be joined spiritually and sexually; which if that covenant bonding were carried out, would involve someone "giving up" their virginity to the other persons, that night without any doubt. I would also be negligent in my duties if I did not stipulate to the fact that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kramer">Larry Kramer</a> is a controversial author in past historical dramas unfolding as well and so therefore should be reviewed with a wide lens and thorough review by anyone using his works. All that covers the historical aspect of civil society now let us look at the actual laws of the land and practice of the State to regulate marriage based on religious codex and theology. </span><br /><br />Austin Cline <a href="http://atheism.about.com/b/2006/03/15/civil-marriage-vs-religious-marriage-book-notes-divided-by-god.htm">wrote a wonderful piece</a> back in March of 2006 regarding Civil versus Religious Marriage while reviewing the book <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Divided by God: America's Church State Problem</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> by Noah Feldman</span> whom explains that the difference between a civil right and the religious rite is truly the cause of angst in America.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Common Law and the Puritans is the origin of the problem and the solution at the same time:</span><br /><blockquote>...The source of the problem was that the roots of American law - including marriage law - lay in England, where church and state were united, not separate. Not until 1753 had marriage...been taken away from the religious courts (but) civil marriage was not fully available there until 1836....<br /><br />The basic legal theory of marriage in England until then was that individual men and women had the legal capacity to marry each other by a simple act of consent, but the church must solemnize the marriage, and the state was entitled to insist on the church performing this role before it would recognize the union as binding....<br /><br />...getting married without a priest’s blessing came to America with the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay Colony....Massachusetts Puritans in 1646 passed a law making it a crime for anyone other than a magistrate to bring persons together in marriage.... To prohibit clergy from officiating at marriages was a radical move, but the Massachusetts Puritans were radical people, religious experimentalists living in a quasi-theocratic community at the frontier of the known World....</blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">We know who to blame for the intertwining of civil rights and religious rites to marriage. How do we fix it?</span><br /><blockquote>In the minds of those who first introduced civil marriage to America, then, it was possible to bifurcate (aka, forked, see below) the formalities of marriage between consenting adults from the judgments of heaven. The legal requirement that a marriage be solemnized before an authorized person, whether government official or minister, simply reflected the practical requirement that the government keep records of who was married to whom, especially for purposes of establishing descent and property ownership.... The state demanded a monopoly on the authority to solemnize marriages in order to ensure that the legal protections of marriage applied - not because the state claimed to have any special authority in matters spiritual.</blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Shf9XIsZomI/AAAAAAAACKM/Nxshv06MzVY/s1600-h/6a00d83451c50069e200e5506180478833-800wi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 420px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Shf9XIsZomI/AAAAAAAACKM/Nxshv06MzVY/s400/6a00d83451c50069e200e5506180478833-800wi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339014457183543906" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Austin Cline</span> goes on to argue diligently that the the Civil Union is only in its prohibitions a direct copy to a predominant form of Christian dogmatic stances, and he notes that, religious officials are specifically authorized by elected leaders only to act as the legal agent of the State, not the State acting as the agent of religious organizations. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">"</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">What the state cannot do, however, is require couples to seek religious authorization for their marriages. This doesn’t just include direct authorization, like getting the blessings of a priest, but it also includes indirect authorizations, like limiting marriages to only those sorts of couples which religious authorities deem appropriate.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">"</span></blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">In essence the civil restriction on same sex marriage based on religious bias is not only unconstitutional it was never intended to be there in the first place. Not only was it not suppose to be there but religious authorities were never intended by our founding fathers to have any say regarding whom entered into a civil union. They knew if that were allowed people could be restricted based on both interfaith and interracial protocols which we finally put an end to in 1964 with the Civil Rights Act and other similar laws and policy statements.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">So What Does Qualify As "Fair Minded" Speech Concerning Questions On Abortion?</span><br /><br />Is abortion murder of a baby or removal of a fetus?<br />If it is a baby, then when does life begin?<br />When does the embryo transition from a fetus to a baby?<br />If it is removal of a fetus, then why do we file murder charges against criminals whom commit crimes which cause the mother a miscarriage? Wouldn't that be a conflict of legal status of the fertilized embryo?<br />If the birth mother and biological mother are different whom has the right to or not terminate the pregnancy?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">And just out of curiosity, What Qualifies As "Fair Minded" Speech Regarding Gay Rights And Equality?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">LINKS <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">&amp;</span> RESOURCES</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Pro Fatherhood Sites</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">(</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">somewhat conservative</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">)</span><br /><a href="http://www.nationalcenterformen.org/">The National Center For Men</a><br /><a href="http://www.priestsforlife.org/">Priests For Life National</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Planned Parenthood</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Live Action Films:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Indiana Scandals: </span>[<a href="http://liveaction.org/">Website</a>] [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/LiveActionFilms">You Tube</a>]<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Planned Parenthood</span> [<a href="http://www.plannedparenthood.org/">Website</a>]<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Previous Post on</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> [<a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/2008/09/safe-sex-is-hot-sex-campaign-continues.html">20 September 2008</a>]<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">National Libertarian Party &amp; Organizations </span><br />[<a href="http://www.lp.org/platform">Party Platform</a>] [<a href="http://www.l4l.org/">Libertarians 4 Life</a>]<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Dave Does Montreal</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Global Travel Industry News</span> [<a href="http://www.eturbonews.com/6062/cheeky-youtube-video-aims-lure-gay-tourists">Article</a>]<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">You Tube Commentaries</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">James Duke Mason:</span> [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwFlfmKtLo8">Obama/NotreDame</a>] [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5S8qVbMEV8">Trump/Prejean</a>]<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Recommended Reading</span><br />1. Sexual Revolution in Early America by Richard Godbeer<br />2. The Overflowing Friendship: Love Between Men<br />and the Creation of the American Republic by Richard Godbeer<br />3. The American People by Larry Kramer<br />4. Divided by God: America’s Church-State Problem by Noah Feldman<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">For Your Information</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">BIFURCATE</span>: Forked, to fork, to split between; Usage: A fork in the river or road<div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-92222475676982308772009-05-11T23:59:00.011-04:002009-05-12T15:30:40.008-04:00May all you Mothers be remembered Maybe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sgldc1DwEDI/AAAAAAAACJc/KsPvM2YnzXY/s1600-h/tt090409__1239292726_7589.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sgldc1DwEDI/AAAAAAAACJc/KsPvM2YnzXY/s400/tt090409__1239292726_7589.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334897983457595442" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Originally I was planning on making Saturdays post all about women and especially focus on mothers for <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Mothers Day</span> today. I achieved a pretty good lineup of stories going for the part of the blog post about women in general ...Let's see how it goes....!</span><br /><br />I was first going to cover the story out of DeTroit, Michigan about how the under wire of a woman's battle ready armor <a href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=29&amp;art_id=iol1240496095206A551&amp;set_id=1">stopped a speeding bullet</a> in its path. Then I was going to cover how a Marks and Spencer's department store in Britain put out a campaign entitled "We Boobed" <a href="http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_12325690?source=rss">to apologize for the previous $3 handling fee</a> attached to shopping for bras that exceeded the Double D size and then offered a 25% discount too.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SglSA_txNwI/AAAAAAAACJE/1XRMl1IKVz0/s1600-h/Rob+Lowe+and+Andrew+McCarthy+12.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 174px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SglSA_txNwI/AAAAAAAACJE/1XRMl1IKVz0/s400/Rob+Lowe+and+Andrew+McCarthy+12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334885410653943554" border="0" /></a>I was then going to segue into something about us bois (gay or straight) love of motor boating and fascination with this particular part of the female anatomy to the pointe of impersonation (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CH5oYGu5qs">this one is for Fetcho</a>) and modification with silicone inserts versus our (gay &amp; straight bois) utter disgust toward the other distinctive portion of female anatomy, a vagina, which we spend hours finding alternative names for on a regular basis.<br />(<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Photo:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Rob Lowe and Andrew McCarthy</span>)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SglTF232kYI/AAAAAAAACJM/gfuZaIkBA-0/s1600-h/And+Then+Came+Lola.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 325px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SglTF232kYI/AAAAAAAACJM/gfuZaIkBA-0/s400/And+Then+Came+Lola.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334886593691292034" border="0" /></a>The post was then going to close that portion by taking in a quick recap of the FaceBook Scandal <a href="http://www.queermusings.net/weblog/2009/04/will-facebook-be-the-next-target-of-twitter-users.html">regarding an advert</a> for And Then Came Lola [<a href="http://andthencamelola.wordpress.com/">WEBSITE</a>] a threesome lesbian movie produced by Ellen Seidler and Megan Siler of Fast Girl Films, which <a href="http://www.queermusings.net/weblog/2009/04/facebook-changes-mind.html">was finally resolved</a> because of a TWITTER campaign which spilled out across the GLBT blogosphere. (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Source:</span> QMUSER)<br /><br />It was going to be a long drawn out graphic post and then I hit a road block when looking up some history on our Country's founding mothers. There are no songs about America's founding mothers that are not either derogatory towards women or indemnifying of their contribution to the history of this Country. I have looked all over and I dug through volumes of Americana songbooks and have not been able to locate a single song dedicated to the sacrifice that women have made in the founding of this great nation that doesn't degrade them for being a temperamental bitch.<br /><br />Clementine drowned in a pool;<br />Dixie has a dissociative and cant tell that she's lost;<br />Susanna is mourning the loss of her loved one in war;<br />Dinah is busy in the kitchen giving someone a blowjob;<br />Kentucky is bipolar and suicidal looking for a glimer of hope;<br />Kansas is a housewife that has a voyeur fetish for ruminant mamals;<br />Indiana is a drunk grubby gold digging wench watching your every transaction from a distance.<br />Georgia is so sweet and evil she is considered a demon who preys on innocent men's brains aka a succubi;<br />California is waiting for you to tell it to fuck off it likes to be dominated even if it has the largest population;<br /><br />There is more but you get the basic idea on the basis of each State's song but it doesnt end there. You will find that even the songs that do immortalize certain women's accomplishments is usually in tandem with their less feminine attributes or in direct reflection against their feminine nature. There are not any songs about Dolly Madison "saving a snapshot of Georgie and his wooden dentures as the Executive Plantation Manor burned to the core", during the British burning of Washington D.C. in the War of 1812. Which she then made sure to whitewash six times over to hide the burn marks. In that spirit isn't it about time we made a song for her too?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Virginia Foxx</span> <a href="http://indiestore.7digital.com/leewaters/tracks?tid=-143659">got one in 48 hours</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">for her hatred toward &amp; ignorance of a young gay man left on a fence to die.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SglY9kkWFjI/AAAAAAAACJU/GloI93dt6tE/s1600-h/Shane+Callanan1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 325px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SglY9kkWFjI/AAAAAAAACJU/GloI93dt6tE/s400/Shane+Callanan1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334893048408446514" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">What about Betsy Ross?</span><br /><br />By creating the first American flag she "bled with our bois in battle as she diligently weaved the banner to which we now yield our hearts toward in honour and our mind in reverence". That banner that always used to give hope to weary soldiers and citizens alike was first created by the sweat and tears of one woman. I did find one (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUCe5OaKldM">video</a> 6:35 mark on) satirical comedy routine Everybody Wants To Be An Art Director by Stan Freberg from his 1961 Capital Records project Presents the United States of America, Vol. 1: The Early Years which broke into a musical bit between the banter.<br /><br />I am all for Free Speech and for the Nothing Sacred Rule, unless proven otherwise; but this is proven and true, by all of our young men and women whom have shed their blood into its fabric throughout time and eternity. Every time a flag is burned in disrespect you are allowing the honourable memory to fade from existence, the blood stain to be washed out and hardly recognizable to future generations.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">We have garnered so much pomp and circumstance toward the ceremony and take our legacy for granted. How easily do we forget the meaning behind the words by <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Francis Scott Key</span> to <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">The Star Spangled Banner</span>? Any time <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">We The People</span> allow our Government to grow without accountability we defame the honour that this flag represents. This Country that was established to provide <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">a more perfect union</span>, a Union of People, where all, are created equal and endowed with their rights by our Creator; not entitled to them by Society or assigned to them under law!<br /><br />That struggle and journey to live that Inherent Truth every day will never be completed. However we cant only just go forward from here either, we've got to remember to look back and clean up our messes and failures every once in a while too. What is really even more sad is the original purpose of <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Mothers Day</span></span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day_Proclamation">that of peace not war</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">has been completely forgotten. May we not forget to love and honour in a lasting legacy our mothers both historical and biological. May our nation find peace so that no ones son or daughter has to die again.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">QUESTION:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Which historical women should receive the privilege of an American Folk song in their honour?</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-46340844989642225982009-05-04T23:59:00.001-04:002009-05-05T07:35:14.945-04:00Why does the Government really want 2 change the name of the Swine Flu? & Other stories surrounding the outbreak of unkosher politics and canned Spam!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SgAOWGAxmnI/AAAAAAAACIc/p_lSAqV0jPk/s1600-h/Dominique+Garny+in+Vase+de+Noces+Belgium+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SgAOWGAxmnI/AAAAAAAACIc/p_lSAqV0jPk/s400/Dominique+Garny+in+Vase+de+Noces+Belgium+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332277731540441714" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">So why did the United States Government</span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASibLqwVbsk">change the designation of</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">the swine flu to H1N1? Because the Pork Industry was loosing business.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Nope!</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">It was because they are afraid of when We The People realized that indeed</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">pigs did in fact fly</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">and what we</span> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/swine-flu-1999-we-were-wa_b_195349.html">allowed our Government to get away with</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">in our name. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">With new scandals breaking almost every 60 hours if not shorter on both sides of the Congressional isle, and out of the White House, and even in local politics, one would begin to wonder if there is in fact an actual reset button somewhere in the Constitution or one of the other founding documents.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Fortunately there is but it involves the very sensitive topics of</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">congressional apportionment</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">which I covered on a</span> <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/2009/04/while-we-people-fondle-tea-bags-wo.html">previous post</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">(</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">14th ip, look for the Ford Truck and continue reading</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">) as well as</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">secession</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">on this</span> <a href="http://allencountylp.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-happens-when-4-libertarians-get.html">other post I wrote</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">on the</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Libertarian Party of Allen County</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">blog. As for now, just watch out for flying barrels of spam (deep fried pork product) coming from both sides of Congress and the White House, and then consider voting for third party (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Libertarian or Green, especially</span>) candidates in 2010 when Congress (<span style="font-style: italic;">every House seat and a third of the Senate</span>) comes up for reelection.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">ONE HUNDRED DAYS AMERICA!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SYpkuCxdm1I/AAAAAAAAB8c/KcWUz4Bs_PM/s1600-h/MAD+MAG+FEB+09+Obama+Cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 250px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SYpkuCxdm1I/AAAAAAAAB8c/KcWUz4Bs_PM/s400/MAD+MAG+FEB+09+Obama+Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299158653735902034" border="0" /></a>How do you measure a man? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS_jmG8L9iY">Elton John</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyxB4gDNUmM">Clay Aiken</a> (videos) sing about it in the form of conditional (eg: if this then that) questions or statements that more references the spirituality of the masses rather than providing an answer. But based on the criteria in their songs, how does it make sense to measure a President by his first 100 days in office? The format only started seventy plus years ago under Franklin D. Roosevelt whom managed to get Congress to pass 15 pieces of "New Deal" legislation in the 14 week time frame, and since then the press has usurped that mile stone and just over analyzed it for all other Presidents after him. So aside from trying to assign a grade point average of 81% percent or 60% depending on which poll numbers you read, or more accurately, hear on cable television news we need to take an honest look at what the Administration has and hasn't done.<br /><br />From a GLBT perspective, especially with recent activity on the White House's website under Civil Rights/Liberties policy statements regarding <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Don't Ask Don't Tell</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">(Links:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">Joe My God:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/04/white-house-shrinks-lgbt-rights.html">Post 1</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-style: italic;">,</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/05/white-house-restores-lgbt-rights.html">Post 2</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-style: italic;">,</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/05/white-house-fixes-dadt-language-on.html">Post 3</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-style: italic;">, </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/05/maddow-on-white-house-website-changes.html">Post 4</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="font-style: italic;">, in order from oldest to newest</span>)</span> amongst other issues, proves that the Administration is performing less then satisfactorily when it comes to keeping promises to Gay and Lesbian Americans and its continuing willingness to minimize the struggle of GLBT Americans in their public policy statements and decisions. Fortunately the offense was modified in the end to both return the original language but also blend it in with the revisions.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sf_iNhF1N9I/AAAAAAAACIM/AuUAt2jF320/s1600-h/bad+behaviour+publishig+high+society+bois+in+tights+and+wigs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 350px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sf_iNhF1N9I/AAAAAAAACIM/AuUAt2jF320/s400/bad+behaviour+publishig+high+society+bois+in+tights+and+wigs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332229205678962642" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">This is the seventh time that I can count where the Administration has <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">blatantly put its foot in its mouth</span> regarding GLBT issues and tried to stop choking on it only to leave a trail of drool and dismay from the cover up. There will probably be another press release to brush over the trail of tears and explain it away to the public this week.</span><br /><br />Talking about putting ones foot in ones mouth, then leads us to Congress whom also had an eventful week during the 100 Days festivities. The Senate was forced by the outbreak of the Swine Flu to finally confirm Kansas Governor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Sebelius">Kathleen Sebelius</a> to head the Department of Health and Human Services, regardless of previous Republican objections due to her record on abortion issues. Meanwhile the House of Representatives, decided to take on the *<a href="http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2009/04/matthew-shepard-bill-passes-house-now.html">Hate Crimes Bill</a>, which passed 249-175. This resulted in another outcry against bigotry from and calls for the resignation of North Carolina Representative <a href="http://www.foxx.house.gov/">Virginia Foxx</a> who took to the floor of the House and called the consideration of a 10 year old murder of 19 year old Matthew Shepard as a hate crime, "a hoax", with Matthew's mother Judy present in the lobby area above.<br /><br /><object width="600" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SCPR2Uyak80&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0xe1600f&amp;border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SCPR2Uyak80&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0xe1600f&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Besides being misinformed and insensitive no amount of apology will do Ms. Foxx until you acknowledge that what happened to Matthew was, and what happens to thousands <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SgANmzaha1I/AAAAAAAACIU/5521Yrz8oz8/s1600-h/Virginia+Foxx+of+North+Carolina+co+Stephen+Rader.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SgANmzaha1I/AAAAAAAACIU/5521Yrz8oz8/s400/Virginia+Foxx+of+North+Carolina+co+Stephen+Rader.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332276919094307666" border="0" /></a>of GLBT persons annually is, a hate crime; and that gays and lesbians deserve equality under the Constitution and Declaration; and personally apologize to both Judy Shepard and publicly to the Queer Community, from the floor of the House under oath with the penalty of perjury applicable, then we can begin to forgive you for your absolute misrepresentation of the facts of record and the insensitive nature by which they were put forth from the floor of OUR Congress.<br /><br />This also leads me to one other question of ethics and concern. You Ms. Foxx are not allowed to excuse your actions based solely on bad information, We The People elect our Representatives to serve as our voice not just their own bias that ignores the proven facts of history and official record. To insist that your bad information was a result of an incomplete Google Search, is to say that you failed in due diligence of your job duties to find all the information, and instead followed talking pointes which were neither collaborated or researched with any depth. Ms. Foxx it is time to be a woman of character that you claim to be and either apologize from the floor of the House under oath or resign from office based on your incompetence to perform the full duties of the office to which you were elected.<br /><br /><object width="600" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A2rB039oQqY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A2rB039oQqY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />The above video is from O Virginia written by folk artist Lee Waters (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">links below</span>), which is available in full performance quality <a href="http://indiestore.7digital.com/leewaters/tracks?tid=-143659">download via 7Digital</a> for one dollar, with all money going to the Matthew Shepard Foundation in the name of Virginia Foxx, as part of the growing <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/FireFoxx/168380865102">online petition to censure or oust</a> Ms. Foxx regarding these homophobic and insensitive comments.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I would love to see the look on Ms. Foxx's face when she hears the song for the first time. I also wonder, How much politics in Washington would change if members of Congress had to swear under oath before they spoke from the floor under penalty of perjury? What are your thoughts of how to improve our government?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Top Photo:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Dominique Garny</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">in Wedding Trough (1974, Belgium)</span> [<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072355/">IMDB</a>]<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">3rd Photo:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Bad Behaviour Publishing Company</span> [<a href="http://badbehaviourpublishing.com/">Website</a>]<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">4th Photo:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Virginia Foxx</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">c/o Stephen Rader, Chicago</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">LEE WATERS:</span> [<a href="http://leewaters.com/">Website</a>][<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/leewaters">YouTube</a>]<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Matthew Shepard Foundation</span> [<a href="http://www.matthewshepard.org/">Website</a>]<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Bill aka Local Law Enforcement Protection Act H.R. 1913</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-65307949844689755532009-04-25T23:59:00.011-04:002009-04-27T14:54:15.960-04:00Signs Of Equality From Iowa 2 Vermont & A Silent Summit City; Fort Wayne: Room For Dreams & Desires To Play Down Town; Remembering Bea Arthur<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SfR4Z9vL3fI/AAAAAAAACH8/t5JdY-NGnq4/s1600-h/Signs+of+Equality+Iowa+State+Wrestling.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 425px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SfR4Z9vL3fI/AAAAAAAACH8/t5JdY-NGnq4/s400/Signs+of+Equality+Iowa+State+Wrestling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329016646550674930" border="0" /></a><object width="350" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A0dKMhYSX20&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0xe1600f&amp;border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A0dKMhYSX20&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0xe1600f&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="250"></embed></object><br /><br />As marriage equality has been proven victorious in <a href="http://www.rantsthoughtsmerde.com/2009/04/iowa-believes-in-gay-marriage.html">a recent decision by</a> the Iowa State Supreme Court and an major majority vote by the Vermont legislature which overturned a veto by the Governor, another religious right hate group the National Organization for Marriage started to rear its head and put out a commercial citing old cases which have long since been proven inaccurate to stifle the conversation. They also began a campaign Two Million For Marriage (2M4M), which sent Rachel Maddow <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1MGtULY73Y">over the edge</a> of her desk <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaBY9MXNPtM">trying to hold back</a> the laughter). Above is a video by <a href="http://wakingupnow.com/blog/">Rob Tish</a> which combats the misconceptions presented by NOM's advert.<br /><br />Meanwhile in the Summit City, <a href="http://azariahspeaks.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-of-silence-at-ipfw.html">a small group gathered</a> on the north side of Fort Wayne @ IPFW on the 17th to commemorate the National Day of Silence with a rally in the afternoon. On the 18th Fort Wayne PRIDE Committee held its 1st all ages PROM. On the 2nd of May United Sexualities of IPFW will be hosting "A Touch Of Pink" Dance Party @ Walb Ballroom starting at 8p with a general admission of $3 and free for IPFW students.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Random Observations: Driving Along Our Three Rivers</span><br /><br />I was driving to my secret source for cheap cigarettes this evening and almost hit a jack rabbit that decided to bolt between the Court House and the City County Building. Every time you think Fort Wayne is a bustling metropolitan area you are reminded that no matter how big we get we are still a small farm community town at heart. Even though we have a thriving downtown area that is both dedicated and ready for future expansion to make the Downtown area truly a source of arts, entertainment, culture and diverse expressions, it is also within a fifteen minute bike ride of most of the urban areas of town. Now we just need to make it more accommodating to non vehicular traffic flow as that would improve both the access to and enjoyment by more citizens as a whole.<br /><br />One of the things I noticed is that the capillary streets like Calhoun between Washington and Jefferson Boulevards should probably have a police officer directing traffic in all lanes as this is the major wrap around for traffic wanting to leave the <a href="http://www.fwembassytheatre.org/home.htm">Embassy Theatre</a>, <a href="http://www.grandwayne.com/">Grand Wayne Center</a>, and <a href="http://www.harrisonsquarefortwayne.com/">Harrison Square</a>, and head west instead of east. If they simply cut off this one block stretch of Calhoun to southbound traffic as people are leaving these venues and then allowed all three lanes to be used as a wrap around it would reduce congestion after these well attended events.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Room For Dreams But Nowhere To Rest Your Sore Feet</span><br /><br />The other recommendations I would give is that as we are becoming more of a pedestrian - non automotive based economy in the Downtown area having a few courtesy officers on duty for out-of-towners and people not familiar with downtown to help guide people to their next destination would be the next appropriate step in improving the Downtown area. We need to establish crossing guards at key side street intersections as <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SfSEyZM3DpI/AAAAAAAACIE/5VUmh7NCfr8/s1600-h/1posing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SfSEyZM3DpI/AAAAAAAACIE/5VUmh7NCfr8/s400/1posing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329030260379291282" border="0" /></a>people return to their vehicles, which are typically parked a couple of blocks away from the venue they attended.<br /><br />One of the more refreshing things I saw was that people were just hanging around by the hundreds outside the Grand Wayne and the Embassy Theatre, after the events had ended. We need to do more to install benches and flowers, plants, and fruit trees, along our main thoroughfares and direct arterial streets.<br /><br />I do agree with City Council President Tom Smith, we need to reestablish a sit down diner or two in the direct area; however we also need to consider, adding City certified street vendor at these locations to provide a quick beverage or sandwich as people linger and enjoy a strangers company or make new friends and reacquaint with olde ones. If the goal is to get people to not just come to the Downtown area but make our inner urban area a lifestyle choice and actually <a href="http://www.downtownfortwayne.com/index.php?p=55">play downtown</a>, we need to be more accommodating to allow people the leisure of staying downtown for several hours after an event and not just saying, "Thanks for coming and spending sixty dollars for a twenty dollar show, now go home where it is safe." by our lack of post event hospitality and recreation opportunities.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Refreshing News; Reminders Of The Little Things</span><br /><br />Last week when I was leaving this same secret location I noticed we had a new taxi company in town. The Yellow Taxi Cab Company Phone: 260-422-1010 headquartered off of East Pontiac Street was started approximately 9 months ago which is about the same time that the recession we are currently in hit full swing. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SfRxavkhAmI/AAAAAAAACH0/m3f2qf52fPY/s1600-h/hybrid_taxi1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SfRxavkhAmI/AAAAAAAACH0/m3f2qf52fPY/s320/hybrid_taxi1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329008963346301538" border="0" /></a>So there is yet another sign that no matter how crappy the economy is getting Fort Wayne's entrepreneurial spirit is alive, well, and kicking ass. The reason I bring this up is one thing we seriously lack at most of our entertainment venues, especially the three previously mentioned, is a dedicated taxi lane. Having a dedicated taxi lane and disabled person drop off area and escort service (perfect job duty for the previously mentioned courtesy officers) would better serve guests and people who didn't want to drive to an event personally. On a green note and taxis, the Mayor of Seattle has ordered <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/354723_taxi13.html">all taxis in the city</a> to be high mileage hybrids by 2013.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SfRmtDB7j-I/AAAAAAAACHs/-OZG7s7Wze0/s1600-h/THE+GOLDEN+GIRLS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 350px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SfRmtDB7j-I/AAAAAAAACHs/-OZG7s7Wze0/s400/THE+GOLDEN+GIRLS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328997183179689954" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Thank you for being a friend. Traveled down the road and</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">back again. Your heart is true your a pal and a confidant....</span><br /><br />As most have heard or read by now the incomparable <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bea_Arthur">Bea Arthur</a>, who weaved her way into the fabric of American social political commentary and back in April 2005 graced the stage of the Scottish Rite Theatre with Billy Goldenberg to perform her show "Just Between Friends", has finally greeted her last curtain call at the age of 86.<br /><br />She was introduced to America on the small screen back in the 1970's as Maude in All In The Family where she challenged America by discussing the issues surrounding abortion and sexuality. Again she would change the hearts and minds of another generation of gay men young and old everywhere as part of the Golden Girls cast for seven years. If you ever witnessed a group of gay bois try to assign each other to their role of Blanche, Rose, Sophia, and Dorothy, you begin to understand the impact one voice and a woman with strong character can have on the hearts and minds of a generation.<br /><br />Bea Arthur is within her own lifetime a legacy and in her own right a saint. No worries there is one slice of chocolate cheesecake left at the banquet table for you Dorothy.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="ordie_player_6addcd5c2c" width="600" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf"><param name="flashvars" value="key=6addcd5c2c"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed flashvars="key=6addcd5c2c" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" src="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" name="ordie_player_6addcd5c2c" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="600" height="350"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6addcd5c2c" title="from BeaArthurFan">Star Wars Holiday Special - Cantina Song</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-59317515772678552722009-04-19T12:00:00.003-04:002009-04-26T13:30:16.916-04:00Going Green In '09: Will You Come Get Dirty To Make Fort Wayne Clean? Today from 11A-5P @ North Anthony Bridge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SetH0FLH3JI/AAAAAAAACHk/TXqlEAvk2eU/s1600-h/save+maumee+earth+day+2009+advert.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 500px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SetH0FLH3JI/AAAAAAAACHk/TXqlEAvk2eU/s400/save+maumee+earth+day+2009+advert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326429944363342994" border="2" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Yes We'll Gather @ The River, The Trashy and Winding River. Gather w/ Our Friends @ The River, That Flows From The Heart Of Town!</span><br /><br />If you are reading this between 11A-5P you still have the opportunity to get trashy to make Fort Wayne clean. <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Save Maumee's</span> 4th Annual <a href="http://savemaumee.org/earthday2009invite.htm">Earth Day Project</a> is going on along the Pemberton Dyke @ North Anthony Bridge (on the other side of where the sink hole was). <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">There are tasks and opportunities to learn more for all ages.</span> So please put down the Sunday pot roast and fried chicken and come out to clean up Fort Wayne on this Feast of Divine Mercy and end to the Solemn Octave of Easter.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Message From F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6'</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">s EDITOR:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Saturdays post was delayed due to waiting for an information dump in order to provide the most accurate knowledge possible on the scheduled topics in play plus a pastoral duty call that I had to participate in. My apologies.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Right Click Image into new tab to make larger.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-41340548449776690722009-04-15T23:59:00.006-04:002009-05-05T06:17:08.301-04:00While We The People fondle tea bags w/o loincloths on, Fort Wayne braces for bright lights today as d TINCAPS play Parkview Field for 1st time!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeaJtbOSa9I/AAAAAAAACGs/zqIkm-M-9K8/s1600-h/breakfast+tea.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeaJtbOSa9I/AAAAAAAACGs/zqIkm-M-9K8/s400/breakfast+tea.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325095022906993618" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I think the title says most of what is going on right now and I do want to keep this blog post varied but concise. So with that in mind, lets roll back the AstroTurf and lay down on the grass, sip on some tea, instead of licking a politicians balls, and get back to the root cause of the matter, uncontrolled government spending and accountability.</span><br /><br />The issue is <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/cheat-sheet/white-house-cheat-sheet-16.html">not who promoted what</a> but how we the people allowed the irresponsible activities in the first place and didn't force a correction 10 or even 20 years ago. Then within the last year, let some of the same people that caused the problems we are in right now, to be back in charge of the same government positions that once regulated the businesses they helped screw up and then allow them to turn around and bailout those businesses with taxpayer money. That is where the disgrace should lay is with We The People who were complacent in times of boom versus bust, who refused to participate in the process, and allowed their say in the matter to be whitewashed through a conservative and liberal media bias, the media did fail us but we let them fail us too.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I will be the first to admit that on some issues I would seem very conservative, and on others very liberal, in fact what I am is an American Traditionalist. I believe that there are certain principles which are inerrant from our Country's legacy and history, no matter how turbulent or controversial.</span><br /><br />These attacks against our principles are very easy to overlook and pass aside when they are done in moderate form, <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/14/federal-agency-warns-of-radicals-on-right/print/">even by our own government</a>. They are being done now by lobbyist and the media, they were done previously by Republicans and Democrats as well as the current Administration, because we as a collective people have either failed to be educated or were failed in our education to understand the history of this beautiful Country even within its stains and bruises on other peoples histories and freedom.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Therefore as the proverb goes because we failed to learn we are doomed to repeat the same events until we remember to tell the stories of our forefathers and the lessons we learned to our children once again.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeaU6GCijYI/AAAAAAAACG0/isV3zpH-wmA/s1600-h/Joseph+Forshaw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeaU6GCijYI/AAAAAAAACG0/isV3zpH-wmA/s400/Joseph+Forshaw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325107335186779522" border="0" /></a>As any recovering addict can tell you, moderation is not always the key to control any habit. In some cases it has to be cut off not just at the source but at the catalyst for the source and activity, and that was the message of the Boston Tea Party and 18 months afterward our Country's Independence from the Sovereign of Great Britian.<br /><br />On the 16th of December 1773, the Sons of Liberty and other colonists, dressed as Native Americans took over three ships in Boston Harbor and threw the tea from the corrupt East India Company overboard in protest of the unhealthy monopoly granted to it by Parliament as a way of allowing the colonist to get a cheaper tea but at the same pointe pay the tea tax which they despised and thought to be illegal. This of course was the resounding cry of the time "no taxation without representation" and a hallmark of American ethics and law.<br />(<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Photo:</span> Joseph Forshaw for <a href="http://www.onedayequals.com/">One Day Equals</a> PSA<br />by Steph and Alek of <a href="http://www.ohlalamag.com/en/2009/04/one-day-can-change-the-course-of-history.html">OhLaLa Magazine</a>)<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Quick Links:</span> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party">WIKI</a>] [<a href="http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm">EYEWITNESS HISTORY</a>]<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">There are major lessons that can be learned from this and</span> <a href="http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/SE/20090415/NEWS/904150329">also correlated back to</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">both Federal, State, and even Local Government issues today. Let us first cover the federal issues and then the local issues and I will let all the other bloggers worry about the state level issues for now.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The Historical Aspects Of Parliament:</span><br />allowed a major corporation to have a monopoly over a particular trading commodity;<br />forced 20 new taxes but after revolt by the people repealed all but one...tea...to assert privilege;<br />instructed said monopoly to reduce the price of commodity drastically but still expects people to pay in full;<br />got prissy when people refuse shipment and destroy product, forced trading area ceased until restored;<br />paid the salaries of the local officials rather than the people that they governed;<br />lowered the local taxes when times got tight but then forced the colonist to pay extra to prove a point;<br />signed off on a tax cut for the company let it expire and then signed off on it again;<br />used the tax code &amp; price fixing to eliminate the black market and officials netzero pay balance.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The Application And Principles Of History To Todays Federal Government:</span><br />Democrat Admin and Republican Congress repeals 70 year old Glass Stiegel protection against financial monopolies in 1999 which allowed Securities Companies to own Banks and Insurance Companies as well.<br />Attempted 20 new taxes but kept only one...tabacco... because of childrens health care and because Marboro and others loosing money from people rolling their own cigarettes and or buying cheaper products.<br />Is going to get pissy when people stop buying cigarettes, and start growing own tabacco, will make it illegal.<br />Starts to bitch about corporate salaries and bonuses uses clout/tax payers money to assert business control<br />Supposedly lowered the taxes on the middle class but then raised it on the upper class who own the businesses that provide the services and employment that then causes the middle class to loose their jobs and homes.<br />Sets there own salaries with tax payer dollars and then throws taxpayer dollars to fix the same problems they caused so the taxpayer begins to depend on their own money, but Congress gets the privellege to do it again.<br />Using the tax code and price fixing and grant/loan stimulus plan aka taxpayers money to prop up failing companies and dog collar/pork barrel initatives and projects that special interests groups want to happen.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Do I need to continue spelling it out for all the punditry both liberal and conservative?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The connections between what was going on in the 1770's and now is obvious to me anyway.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeapoFY356I/AAAAAAAACG8/L0-y8VKNdK4/s1600-h/One+Big+Ass+Mistake+America+01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 334px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeapoFY356I/AAAAAAAACG8/L0-y8VKNdK4/s400/One+Big+Ass+Mistake+America+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325130115518556066" border="0" /></a>We have made <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">ONE BIG ASS MISTAKE AMERICA</span>! We have two national automakers General Motors and Chrysler, which have received an unfair advantage over their competition, Ford. Their employees and retirees are loosing benefits they worked twenty years or more for, because first the federal government said they would insure and secure them and now they are saying nope they have to make concessions on that too. Because of all this subsidies and nationalizations, industry leaders, even Honda and Toyota which are made in Greensburg and Princeton Indiana are feeling a crunch along with five other previously solvent companies because we are subsidizing their competition. That is nationalism 101 it has been proven time and again to fail horribly. (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Photo:</span> <a href="http://www.fortwaynenews.com/index.php/2009/04/01/photo-of-the-day/">Dan Turkette</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">So how do we fix it? What is the solution to the economic collapse/recession that we are in?</span><br /><br />1. Stay informed about national state and local legislative, judicial, and administrative actions. HOLD your elected representatives accountable and don't let them get away with taking away your rights and voice.<br /><br />Watch <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/68144/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-wed-apr-15-2009">this video</a> from the Jon Stewart's Daily Show on Comedy Central last night whose guest is Elizabeth Warren the head of the Congressional Oversight Panel on TARP. She outlines the fact that of the original 350 billion, released by the Treasury Secretary Paulson, (who was the former head of Goldman Sachs before becoming Bush's Treasury Secretary and his predecessor who was Clinton's Treasury Secretary also), actually only collected originally 66% on the dollar of assets for troubled institutions, which has now further depreciated in value giving away 78 billion dollars plus the continued depreciation of value, without any possibility of recouping the loss.<br /><br />2. One of the biggest issues that caused the original tea party in 1773 and today is a failure in some peoples thought of a bloated legislature that is out of touch with the people they represent and levy taxes against. Currently each Congressional District covers on average 693,000 men, women, and children as of 2007.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sec0Lf1kGtI/AAAAAAAACHE/k7D8jiRrK_g/s1600-h/800px-US_Congressional_Districts_color.svg.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sec0Lf1kGtI/AAAAAAAACHE/k7D8jiRrK_g/s400/800px-US_Congressional_Districts_color.svg.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325282456518269650" border="0" /></a><br />In 1911, the number of Congressional Districts had risen to 435 and the House was becoming impossible to manage every ten years. It was decided to cap the total number of districts at that point and to instead reapportion them with each census so that they were roughly equal in size as the population grew and shifted. There are currently seven states that only have one Representative in the House: Vermont, Delaware, both Dakotas, Montana, Alaska, and Wyoming. Even back in May 2001, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcee_Hastings">Representative Alcee Hastings</a> (<a href="http://www.alceehastings.house.gov/">Florida 23rd</a>) wrote a Dear Collegue letter to all the members of Congress, <span style="font-style: italic;">House of Representatives? Hardly!</span>, in which he stated: <blockquote> <span style="font-style: italic;">In the past 90 years, the U.S. has become the second most underrepresented democracy in the entire world, but the size of the House of Representatives has remained the same. In the past 90 years, U.S. population has more than tripled, but the size of the House of Representatives has remained the same.....</span><span style="font-style: italic;">The effect that an increase in the size of the House of Representatives will have on the American political system is obvious. Increasing the size of the House will result in a reduced amount of campaign spending, smaller Congressional districts, more personal interaction between Members of Congress and their constituents, and most importantly, better representation for the American people.</span> (<a href="http://www.fairvote.org/?page=866">Fair Vote</a>)</blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SedT3WVEiJI/AAAAAAAACHc/ivdHtNT0qOE/s1600-h/We_The_People.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SedT3WVEiJI/AAAAAAAACHc/ivdHtNT0qOE/s400/We_The_People.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325317294740768914" border="0" /></a>It is time for us as the American people to bring back the first amendment to the Constitution, which was never ratified by the States at the time the other ten were, with some revision of course, as the original platform [<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Text:</span> <a href="http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/bill/text.html">Early America</a>] would mean that we would have over six thousand people in Congress. Adjusting the Congressional Districts now after just under a hundred years of the current system would:<br />1. Revise the appropriations of Congress from 435 to 761 or 75% increase in the Congressional Districts<br />2. Relocate the expanded Congress into two new Federal Districts in Denver and Philadelphia. You could either leave the Senators in Washington D.C. or put Juniors in Denver and Seniors in Philadelphia. This would also allow for a smoother transition of power if we were ever attacked because Congress is responsible for the transition of executive powers, the formation of the Army, they are the only ones who can declare war.<br />3. This adjustment would then allow the federal budget to be restricted to a certain amount per Congressional District as the numbers would be locked in at approximately 500 thousand in ten years time and an additional stipend per State that has to be agreed on by both Senators thereby reducing the amount of clout gained or chaos effected by just one member of Congress, and the federal budget might actual be balanced regularly, the national debts paid off quicker.<br />4. To control spending and income by District is essential; because otherwise, there is no accountability for extra resources being used by one part of the Country over another. In essence if District 421 generates 5 billion dollars in tax revenue but only uses 3 billion in Federal Tax Dollars, which isn't necessarily a bad thing just and issue of accountability, a. Congress would then have to validate why they are keeping 2 billion dollars of tax revenue to the constituents of District 421 or b. their Representative might get removed from office in two years for not maintaining transparency or accountability to his/her constituents.<br />5. By increasing the members and restricting the spending the process is opened up for all to have equal access to information and everyone is receiving a minimum amount of resources and any additional spending per district has to be brought out into the light of day rather than being peddled behind closed doors and private parties or lobbying efforts.<br />6. By forcing the Senators from each State to agree on their stipend budget spending, equal to that of two Congressional Districts, restores the original principles of their role as representatives of the State not just the people. There can also be a provision that any stipend earmarked by the Senators of each State must have an effect on a certain portion of the state 25%-66%, etc. so that way everyone is effected equally by their representation and advocacy.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">It ultimately comes down to a question of, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">"Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How Much?"</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SedNXDFfnuI/AAAAAAAACHU/6huLpZSQ6dw/s1600-h/newspaper+boi+in+undies.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 250px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SedNXDFfnuI/AAAAAAAACHU/6huLpZSQ6dw/s400/newspaper+boi+in+undies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325310142749581026" border="0" /></a>There are some other things that can be done specifically by the earmark process (<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">not all earmarks are bad</span>) and the Truth in Legislation laws and the One Item per Bill laws and the Simplified Language laws that have watch dog groups with their loincloths crawling up their posteriors can start to readjust the process. But the main issue is that Congress was never intended to be either a. a life long career path or b. a place of secrecy and back room deals.<br /><br />We have allowed Congress to become a Leviathan of a creature when in fact it was suppose to be more of a pack of squirrels storing up and then dispersing our nuts between all the different knot holes. <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /><br />Sorry that was a horrible tea bag pun.</span><br /><br />That way We The People can still see them at work but at the same time not have to know everything right away, just every three months or so. We have allowed Congress to become corrupt and it is our duty as a people to correct it. Please contact your State Legislator today and ask them to start the process of forcing a Federal Constitutional Amendment to readjust Congress to serve the people and save the Country we all love. Call your Congressional Representative and ask them to have the 1911 Appropriation Act revised and updated.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">That is enough about Federal Government and National Politics lets get to the more local stuff.... </span><br /><br />I've covered the <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/search/label/Harrison%20Square">Harrison Square</a> debacle several times over, and every time I switch hands it does grow another inch, in the level of bad decisions and legal twists made by the developers of this project. The latest of course is the Courtyard by Marriott hotel which has been stalled for almost a year now due to White Lodgings inability to acquire financing and the Henry Administrations refusal to hold contract deadline requirements and fines against the developer, not to forget to mention that the requirements of the contracts have been side stepped almost every pivotal moment in the process.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SedL8LDuRbI/AAAAAAAACHM/iyQGcQUtfUc/s1600-h/johnny_baseball.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SedL8LDuRbI/AAAAAAAACHM/iyQGcQUtfUc/s400/johnny_baseball.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325308581521540530" border="0" /></a>The latest fiasco came up <a href="http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090416/NEWS/904160314">because another developer</a> out of Valparaiso wants to build a 6 million dollar, 89 room, 4 story Towneplace Suites by Marriott extended stay hotel at the pending ICE CUBE, another regional sports arena, on the north side of town by Glenbrook Mall. This turn of events <a href="http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/42996382.html">is being protested heavily</a> by Linda Skaggs of the Northeast Indiana Hospitality Association as it would reduce the business at surrounding crappy and mid-level hotels in the same area.<br /><br />But the fact of the matter remains that they were able to get financing but yet White Lodging is still stalling on its requirements which are way overdue. When is City Council going to <a href="http://fortwaynepolitics.com/2009/04/hoocoodanode-the-harrison-square-edition/">force this issue</a> to go ahead or get our money back and go with someone else that actually plays ball and keep their promises?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">...</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">back to the local</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">teabag parties</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">for just a moment</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">....</span><br /><br />The LPAC Annual Income Tax Protest @ Main Post Office had approximately 7 people show yesterday. The tea party in Huntington had hundreds show up. <a href="http://hoosiersforfairtaxation.blogspot.com/2009/03/fort-wayne-indiana-tea-party-april-18th.html">Hoosiers For Fair Tax</a> will be hosting a Tea Party at the Allen County Courthouse on Saturday the 18th of April from 11A-1P. Former Ambassador and frequent candidate for POTUSA, Alan Keyes will <a href="http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/SE/20090415/NEWS/904150331">be the guest of honour</a>. There will be a reception in his honour from 6-9P @ Don Halls Guest House with a donation of $10 or dinner @ 7:30P for $30 a plate.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><=</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">====</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">STAY TUNED FOR PART TWO</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">====</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">=></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">EDITOR:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">FOLLOW UP ON LOCAL INFORMATION/REPORTS COVERED</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">TEA PARTY COVERAGE: </span><br />hundreds showed up on Saturday; Keyes made points but rambled<br />18 April FTWP [<a href="http://fortwaynepolitics.com/2009/04/tea-party-thoughts/">Tea Party Thoughts</a>] [<a href="http://fortwaynepolitics.com/2009/04/tea-party-photos/">Tea Party Photos</a>][]<br />17 April FTWN <a href="http://www.fortwaynenews.com/index.php/2009/04/17/tea-party-for-patriots-who-want-to-preserve-greatness-of-the-country/">Letter by Ric Runestad</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">HARRISON SQUARE HOTEL:</span><br />50% of financing secured supposedly by White Lodging<br />18 April WGDT <a href="http://www.whatsgoingdowntown.com/2009/04/18/beyond-the-field-of-play/">Beyond The Field Of Play</a><br />16 April FTWP <a href="http://fortwaynepolitics.com/2009/04/more-self-serving-tripe-from-hardball-capital/">More Self-Serving Tripe From Hardball Capital</a><br />13 April FTWP <a href="http://fortwaynepolitics.com/2009/04/hoocoodanode-the-harrison-square-edition/">Hoocoodanode? The Harrison Square Edition</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">TIN CAPS 1ST HOME GAME:</span><br />16K attend 3 game series, parking issues, positive feedback, awesome pictures<br />21 April FTWN <a href="http://www.fortwaynenews.com/index.php/2009/04/22/no-privacy-at-parkview-field/">NO Privacy @ Parkview Field</a><br />21 April BIFW <a href="http://www.baseballinfortwayne.com/2009/04/21/padres-brass-thoughts-on-tincaps-parkview-field/">Padres Brass Thoughts on TinCaps, Parkview Field</a><br />19 April AFWB [<a href="http://aroundfortwayne.info/blog/?p=4046">TIN CAPS 10-0</a>] [<a href="http://aroundfortwayne.info/blog/?p=4042">Parkview Field Opening Day</a>]<br />18 April BIFW <a href="http://www.baseballinfortwayne.com/2009/04/18/at-8-0-tincaps-are-one-of-three-milb-unbeaten/">At 8-0, TinCaps Are 1 of 3 MiLB Unbeaten</a><br />16 April BIFW <a href="http://www.baseballinfortwayne.com/2009/04/16/gallery-from-opening-night-at-parkview-field/">Gallery from Opening Night at Parkview Field</a><br />15 April BIFW <a href="http://www.baseballinfortwayne.com/2009/04/16/kyle-day-comes-home-to-christen-parkview-field/">Kyle Day Comes Home to Christen Parkview Field</a><br />16 April WGDT <a href="http://www.whatsgoingdowntown.com/2009/04/16/tincaps-extend-win-streak-to-7-in-opener/">Tin Caps Extend Win Streak To 7 In Opener</a><br />15 April WGDT [<a href="http://www.whatsgoingdowntown.com/2009/04/15/847-days/">847 Days</a>] [<a href="http://www.whatsgoingdowntown.com/2009/04/15/tincaps-games-to-be-on-comcast-digital-cable/">TinCaps Games To Be On Comcast Digital Cable</a>]<br />15 April AFWB <a href="http://aroundfortwayne.info/blog/?p=4012">TinCaps home games live on Comcast!</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">BLOGGER CODE:</span><br />WGDT What's Going Down, Town? by The Spaulding Brothers<br />FTWP Fort Wayne Politics by Jeff Pruitt and Mike Sylvester<br />FTWN Fort Wayne News by Daniel Turkette<br />AFWB Around Fort Wayne Blog by Stephen Parker<br />BIFW Baseball In Fort Wayne by Chad Gramling<div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-76991565581097818702009-04-13T23:59:00.005-04:002009-07-05T11:48:05.462-04:00DADT: Gates wants to add 2.8K Special Forces and Employ 50K+ civilians but not protect the GLBT Service Members already sacrificing everything for US?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sd0zDiben0I/AAAAAAAACF8/EsPo6WLjP6s/s1600-h/USSM+000.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sd0zDiben0I/AAAAAAAACF8/EsPo6WLjP6s/s400/USSM+000.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322466470496476994" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Gays and Lesbians are not people you can just "kick down the road" like a can of tuna in a street game of roller hockey, without expecting some sort of backlash.</span><br /><br />Before his big budget announcement, Secretary Robert Gates stated "<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The President and I feel like we've got a lot on our plates right now and let's push that one down the road a little bit.</span>", in an interview two Sundays ago with Fox News regarding "<a href="http://www.sldn.org/pages/about-dadt">Dont Ask Dont Tell</a>", which bars service members from proclaiming their sexual orientation and commanding officers from asking about it. However, the policy states that if it becomes known that a service member is gay, he or she is to be removed from the military. He went on to say, "<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">the Pentagon will continue to enforce the existing policy...It continues to be the law and any change in policy would require a change in the law....We will follow the law, whatever it is.</span>" He also revealled that within the Administration "<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">That dialogue, though, has really not progressed very far at this point in the administration.</span>"<br />(<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Source:</span> <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/29/administration-delays-change-militarys-dont-ask-dont-tell-policy/">Fox News</a>)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeRlTZyQCQI/AAAAAAAACGE/mm1VZlRqzJE/s1600-h/Rep.+Ellen+Tauscher+at+Center+for+American+Progress+March+2009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeRlTZyQCQI/AAAAAAAACGE/mm1VZlRqzJE/s400/Rep.+Ellen+Tauscher+at+Center+for+American+Progress+March+2009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324492043472341250" border="0" /></a>Sadly, <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/2009/01/16th-anniversary-dadt-do-we-spank-or.html">as I stated before</a>, the Obama Administration is going to wait for the Supreme Court (<span style="font-style: italic;">Major Margaret Witt</span>) and Congress to fight it out rather than getting involved and using up what little political capital they have left with the American public. Some in Congress stated back in 2008 that they wouldnt deal with the repeal of DADT until 2010, according to a report by <a href="http://www.queerty.com/dems-say-itll-be-two-years-before-they-take-up-dont-ask-dont-tell-20081224/">QUEERTY</a>, even though there is already legislation, that was reintroduced in the beginning of March. The Military Readiness Enhancement Act (<a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1283">HR1283</a>), authored by Representative Ellen Tauscher (<span style="font-style: italic;">pic to right</span>) of <a href="http://www.tauscher.house.gov/index.php?option=com_frontpage&amp;Itemid=1">California's 10th District</a> , with 137 cosponsors, is making its way through the Congressional process. The MREA after a month is currently held up in the House Armed Services sub committee on Military Personel. You may <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/committee.xpd?id=HSAS">contact the 60 members</a> of the main Committee individually, especially if they are in your District, and ask them to expedite this legislation through the process for the sake of all our men and women in uniform.<br /><br /><object width="600" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TDLYd0IM6Tc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x999999&amp;border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TDLYd0IM6Tc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x999999&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeSFSIPlX3I/AAAAAAAACGM/KcJ_KEfHfmM/s1600-h/6a00d834546fb269e200e54f51e0618834-640wi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeSFSIPlX3I/AAAAAAAACGM/KcJ_KEfHfmM/s400/6a00d834546fb269e200e54f51e0618834-640wi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324527205955755890" border="0" /></a>We have an estimated 65 thousand serving in silence and suffering the worst form of inequality and sacrificing their integrity and honour to assure our freedom and liberty. Another three thousand per year decide not to reenlist or enlist because of the discriminatory policy. The Congress is allowing the removal of 2 Service Members on average per day to be removed from their post for no longer living a lie. We owe them so much more than any talking pointes can conceive or contrive.<br /><br />Meanwhile Democrats and Republicans are quibbling over whether or not the new Defense budget that is a 4% budget increase instead of a 15% increase, is in fact a cut or a 21 billion dollar increase in spending. Two weeks later the pundits, Congress, and military industrial lobbyist, are rambling on with no end in sight, as they try to save their pet projects in the budget proposal. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeSf5HL4R_I/AAAAAAAACGc/7g75nstUuj0/s1600-h/USSM+014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeSf5HL4R_I/AAAAAAAACGc/7g75nstUuj0/s400/USSM+014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324556462989002738" border="0" /></a>Or the other distraction caused by Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma, whom while standing in the middle of one of our airbases in Afghanistan, claimed that the new budget and Secretary Gates is "gutting the military". When in fact, as outlined by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uVvhEODESE">CNN's Rick Sanchez</a> (video) place, Senator Inhoffe is actually upset over a military factory in his home state loosing a contract because the plan would <a href="http://www.zimbio.com/pilot?ID=FU1u9YMmEEN&amp;ZURL=/Senator+James+Inhofe+of+Oklahoma/news&amp;URL=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnews%2Furl%3Fsa%3DT%26ct%3Dus%2F7-0%26fd%3DR%26url%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanchronicle.com%2Farticles%2Fview%2F98148%26cid%3D0%26ei%3Dv1DiSe7HJ4ScMr7b0PQG%26usg%3DAFQjCNGClkqh1894Pnjg5MXkVCBcZ8T-Nw">discontinue the production</a> of the controversial decade old faulty designed and 87 billion dollar budgeted Future Combat System's vehicle component. Along with other pundits bitching about the discontinuation of the F22 fighter jets and switching the force over to F35 Joint Strategic Air Ships<br /><br />The Secretary's <a href="http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=1341">announced budget</a> besides, the detail of a 28 hundred troop increase Helicopter Crews and Maintenance and in Special Forces Combat Units and switching the 50 thousands in previous held Defense Department positions by independent contractors to actual government employees and civil service agents, also increases the Cyber Squadron from 80 to 250 students per year as of 2011, and immediately stops the reduction of forces in the Air Force and Navy. His budget also proposes to maintain planned increase Army Brigade Combat Teams strength to 547 thousand personnel and eliminate use of stop loss to maintain battle readiness.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Before we add all those people to the ranks, would it not be a good idea to have them all on equal footing?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I am tired of reading the horror stories of this failed policy</span> <a href="http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&amp;friendId=389372022&amp;blogId=458765086"> in enlistment processes</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">and everyday life.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeSgnBQPjXI/AAAAAAAACGk/ubOfRanHIjg/s1600-h/8fd919923JUN8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 275px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeSgnBQPjXI/AAAAAAAACGk/ubOfRanHIjg/s400/8fd919923JUN8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324557251670674802" border="0" /></a>It would also be easier to call people back whom have already left the service, either because of or as a result of DADT, and who decided to come out in their personal life only to be kicked out a second time under DADT when you call them back in to fill in the gaps, which has happened on 20 separate occasions that I am personally aware of.<br /><br />You have 35 thousand people at a minimum who are willing to serve whom you removed from their Civic Duty, usually based on rumors, false accusations, and the United States Military's refusal to actually make a legitimate argument regarding us queers serving with honour or from being harassed within the scope of personal, religious, and political, biases or prejudices.<br /><br />We have <a href="http://www.sldn.org/blog/archives/attention-mr-president-more-danger-ahead/">one more option to change</a> this bastard child of a federal law, described by Aubrey Sarvis the Executive Director of the SLDN, whom asserted the the following on <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">FRONTLINES</span>:<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">Mr. President, if I may address you directly, you've got another situation looming ahead that also should come as no surprise. It is not the same order of magnitude as the global financial meltdown, but like that meltdown it is predictable and it has the potential to be exploited for political gain -- not your political gain but your opponents'.<br /><br />In five weeks the House Armed Services Committee will begin hearings on your Defense Department budget for 2010. Senate hearings will follow. You have a choice. You can take the lead and put language calling for repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell in the legislative budget -- or you can wait until your opponents bring it up. The opposition, which may be loud and ugly, will be out to ambush you, Mr. President. Alarmingly, there have been no signs that your administration is prepared for that.</blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeSfGFXsLtI/AAAAAAAACGU/UBSeVBdo2KM/s1600-h/Travis+Bryant.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 350px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SeSfGFXsLtI/AAAAAAAACGU/UBSeVBdo2KM/s400/Travis+Bryant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324555586328342226" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The principle, the truth, is self evident, Congress, and Mr. President, "<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">All Men Are Created Equal</span>". Allow us queers the ability to serve our country openly as equals. After all, we have already been there and are currently on the front lines and are treated as less than equal even after having given twice as much, including our partners and our children, whom aren't able to receive the same support an unmarried mother of three children, each of different fathers, would receive.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Editorial Policy Statement</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> has several <a href="http://f6slinkspage.blogspot.com/search/label/Military">resources</a> and <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/search/label/Gays%20in%20the%20Military">commentaries</a> regarding</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> GAYS IN THE MILITARY</span>. <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">As an issue of editorial policy,</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">will challenge any assertion that <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Don't Ask, Don't Tell</span> is either Constitutional or proper policy <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">in our great country</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">,</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">the <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">land of the free</span> and the <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">home of the brave</span>, especially in a place where all men are created equal!</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-11284379676827124452009-04-04T16:49:00.003-04:002009-04-04T17:14:40.831-04:00In Like A Lion Or Out Like A Lamb? Analysis Of Government Mandates: The Conversion To Digital Television == Came And Went! == And Will Come Again?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SdSLKeW79hI/AAAAAAAACFk/v3BYH8tXjbI/s1600-h/v51klein_printsL6ske.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SdSLKeW79hI/AAAAAAAACFk/v3BYH8tXjbI/s400/v51klein_printsL6ske.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320030071895619090" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">With Holy Week just around the corner I thought we would do a story not previously covered on</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">as I attempt to get back into the swing of things. I want to also take a moment and thank my loyal readers and new readers for bearing with me as I recovered from another health scare.<br /><br />When the 17th of February rolled around people were still scurrying around looking for better deals on a digital converter box.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">All the money for the 2 forty dollar coupons from the Federal Government dried up and Politicians were whining about the fact that 6.5 million Americans were not ready for the elimination of the traditional analog signal.</span><br /><br />As the nation was preparing to be assimilated into the digital age, Congress passed legislation giving the analog service a four month reprieve in its termination. In doing so our Legislative Branch put the entire industry into shambles, as some stations and networks decided to cease analog operations due to budget constraints and others still are not ready to transfer over to only digital signals. The Public Broadcasting Service was afraid it would loose up to 22 million dollars over the course of the delay because people would not be annoyed by their pledge drives every 90 minutes for two weeks in a row every two months, and now incorporated into the show segments as a commercial. But at the same pointe they were one of the first to flip over to the digital transmitter locally.<br /><br />Robert Enders stated, "The same companies that sold us TV’s that would quit working two years after we bought them are now selling us the boxes that are supposed to make them work again."<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Here is a brief history:</span><br /><br />1986: Broadcasters pitch HDTV prevents 1/3 airwaves allocation to public safety.<br />1990: HDTV is developed in the 1990’s. Everybody is excited.<br />1995: Digitized video allowed for 6x the amount of stuff into the same channel.<br />1996: Telecom Act was amended changing the fixed 2006 to 85% compliance.<br />Government gives away billions of dollars worth of spectrum to the networks<br />1998: Congress decides that analog signals should continue for 10 years.<br />Analog airwaves were sold @ auction to Verizon and AT&amp;T for @ $19.2 billion.<br />2007: Even after the March deadline We kept buying Analog Tuned Televisions<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The FCC even tried to protect consumers and provide information two years ago.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SX7khwTPhVI/AAAAAAAAB5c/bpHM1XmgdUw/s1600-h/GUY-TV.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 305px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SX7khwTPhVI/AAAAAAAAB5c/bpHM1XmgdUw/s400/GUY-TV.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295921480386708818" border="0" /></a>As of the 1st of March, 2007, all television receivers shipped in interstate commerce or imported into the United States must contain a digital tuner. In addition, effective 25th of May, 2007, the FCC required sellers of television receiving equipment that does not include a digital tuner to disclose at the point-of-sale that such devices include only an analog tuner, and therefore will require a digital-to-analog converter box to receive over-the-air broadcast television after the transition date. Retailers must inform consumers by prominently displaying the following text if they are selling TV equipment with only an analog tuner:<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">This television receiver has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009, to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna because of the Nation’s transition to digital broadcasting. Analog-only TVs should continue to work as before with cable and satellite TV services, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players, and similar products. For more information, call the Federal Communications Commission at 1-888-225-5322 (TTY: 1-888-835-5322) or visit the Commission’s digital television website at: www.dtv.gov.</blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The addendum to Robert's statement above would be, That is how business is suppose to work, Society fosters a need and then said companies fulfill it; however due to manufacturing obsolescence and noted depreciation of time, the resolution while annoying, bring some to label this whole scenario, which is not the case, as consumer fraud.</span><br /><br />For instance, As someone who has a long history of driving several Buick Le Sabre Sedans, I know that the steering column is going to fall apart by the time it reaches 165-180 thousand miles driven. I know that at 225,000 miles the car will roll over and die a horrible death shortly. The company knows this will happen too before the car leaves the plant. Is this fraud? No, it is manufacturer obsolescence.<br /><br />The correction cost 150 dollars and involves taking the steering column apart applying a bonding agent to the three bolts and nuts, reattaching the assembly, and putting the car back in alignment. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SdeUS9WHIEI/AAAAAAAACF0/hJ-dtqTulCY/s1600-h/Ward.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 307px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SdeUS9WHIEI/AAAAAAAACF0/hJ-dtqTulCY/s400/Ward.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320884538187391042" border="0" /></a>Fortunately my mechanic, <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Ward Stevens' Automotive</span> @ 420 Glenn Avenue @ North Clinton Street Phone: 260-483-0642 (across from Rainbow Palace), didn't charge me for the alignment just the parts, initial work, and labor cost. So just like a $40 converter box to adjust for a three year old television, that originally cost half of the normal purchase price because they were just trying to get rid of them, one still invests in the car as well and deals with the small stuff, plus now you can find some awesome large screen steal prices at local garage/yard sales.<br /><br />Even though I purchased the older car for $4,000 and I know what will happen to it throughout its remaining time of ownership, I just wish they would give us a manual the first time around for things to expect rather than finding out later it would a. help us budget out resources better and b. not have an angry consumer base when the incidents occur. It would also help the stupid people in this world if they would make you sign a disclaimer form saying that you read the caveat before your purchase was completed for more recent investments; but for those of us who have televisions that are 10-25 years old, this still wouldn't have helped, but it would be a starting pointe.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">So where does all this Conversion to Digital Channels take us locally?</span><br /><br />Well out of the 7 original broadcast channels in this area: three have switched completely over to digital; one is simulcasting on both digital and analog; and three, remain on an analog signal, for a total of 15 channels so far:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SX7khwTPhVI/AAAAAAAAB5c/bpHM1XmgdUw/s1600-h/GUY-TV.jpg"><br /></a>WANE 15 CBS = Simulcasting with 1 extra digital channel for Weather Radar<br />WPTA 21 ABC/INC = Conversion with 2 additional DCs CW Network, and Viper HD Radar<br />WISE 33 NBC /INC = Conversion with 2 additional DCs My Network Tv, and INC NOW<br />WFWA 39 PBS = Conversion with 3 additional DCs PBS Kids, Create, and News &amp; Commentary<br />WINM 43 TCT = Analog will not convert until the 12th of June<br />W??? 45 3ABN = Analog or not able to receive signal<br />WFFT 55 FOX = Analog currently in phase two of three of construction of digital transmitter<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Between the</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">16th of April through the 12th of June</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">this will change, as the <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">remaining 2/3</span> of local Broadcast Stations across the Nation are allowed to begin the</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Second Conversion</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">to Digital Television, at any pointe.</span><br /><br />There have already been some positive announcements from <a href="http://fortwaynehomepage.net/">WFFT FOX 55</a> that they are actually going to be hosting a news broadcast in the late evening finally, as it was previously restricted back in the late 70's early 80's when they first came on the scene, in order to appease the other three mainstream affiliates. There is another rumor floating around that they will either do a noon broadcast, either in tandem to or in place of the 10P broadcast, but that has not been confirmed. They have hired 25 years plus, veteran news anchor <a href="http://jimblue.com/wordpress/">Jim Blue</a>, who most recently <a href="http://indiana.typepad.com/fwob/2009/02/the-blue-blog-media-will-find-a-new-natural-order.html">covered the news</a> in Toledo, Ohio, to head the Newsroom and take WFFT into the next era of journalism and community coverage, beginning this month sometime. Now if they will just add a few more features to their line up of channels all will be well. [<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Hat Tip:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Mitch Harper</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">@</span> <a href="http://indiana.typepad.com/fwob/">FWOB</a>]<br /><br />And that then leads us to the rub the other direction. The <a href="http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/">Networks of Indiana News Center</a>, which operates the ABC and NBC affiliates, has gotten to plump for their own feathers and good taste. They need to streamline their channels back a bit in my opinion. They have some of the most handsome (sexy and well educated) reporters but the news anchors seem to trip over each other and put me to sleep or piss me off depending on which bias filter the particular anchor is using in their commentary or quips on the air.<br /><br />The few times I have tried to watch their INC Now channel or My Network TV channel especially at night it has just been a rehash of all the previous news broadcast on an two hour loop for six hours or nothing but infomercials. Put on TV Land, or replay USA, or even MSNBC Network shows from earlier that evening. Create a Reporter Notebook or Commentary Panel or Segment Show by local reporters (not just your stations but everyone), but for goodness sake do something fresh and new. There is a lot of local talent that could be fostered and INC has the potential to do wonders for political and social discourse and community development on the additional channels. It is time for Fort Wayne to return back to its roots as a Production House City of Record and yet y'all are just squandering it on old news and which weather radar is better.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I want to know what y'all think. There are three questions at the end of this post please leave comments below or email them to me, and I will forward them along. I would also like to see the Public Access Channels to be broadcast out for those of us that don't have cable. I probably have more to add to this in a couple of days so check back on Wednesday!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Links:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Government Websites</span> [<a href="http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/digitaltv.html">FCC</a>] [<a href="http://www.dtv.gov/consumercorner.html">DTV</a>]<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Cited:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Fort Wayne Politics</span> [<a href="http://fortwaynepolitics.com/2009/01/digital-television/">10Jan09</a>] [<a href="http://fortwaynepolitics.com/2009/01/the-us-senate/">27Jan09</a>]<br /><br />Remember to also check out the</span> <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/2009/03/ttdindfortmarch-may-learn2paintdeggsdwa.html">Calendar Overview from March-May</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">for some really awesome events this month and next. Just scroll down to the picture of the Old Fort on the right and continue to read from there. Finally, in honour of Holy Week, whom ever thought a lamb could look so adorable laying down with a lion?</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Photo:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Model, Adam Phebus, by Jeremy Kost</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SdSLdS7kXDI/AAAAAAAACFs/qNYvqDl4wS4/s1600-h/KostShow_CE_1+Adam+Phebus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 629px; height: 375px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SdSLdS7kXDI/AAAAAAAACFs/qNYvqDl4wS4/s400/KostShow_CE_1+Adam+Phebus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320030395245550642" border="0" /></a><br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">How has the Conversion to Digital Television gone so far for you?<br /></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">What do you think of the local Fox affiliate finally adding a news broadcast?<br /></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">What improvements would you suggest to the local television stations?<br /></span></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-91100740247525716472009-03-30T00:00:00.003-04:002009-03-30T01:30:58.161-04:00Rest In Peace Fr. Skip! May you find rest in the green pasture beside the still water before returning to work in the vineyard of the LORD. Thank you!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SdBM5jT98pI/AAAAAAAACFU/oBXraTs4PLI/s1600-h/EPBC+01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 202px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SdBM5jT98pI/AAAAAAAACFU/oBXraTs4PLI/s400/EPBC+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318835711539802770" border="0" /></a>It is with great sorrow that I write this morning.<br /><br />The News Sentinel has confirmed reports that Most Reverend Father Earl Paul Brian Carsten, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Orthodox-Catholic Church in America has crossed into eternal pastures this past Friday at the age of 65 due to a childhood defect of his heart that had recently surfaced and caused the stroke which caused him to fall into a coma and pass from his mortal flesh with friends and colleagues surrounding him in prayer and praise to GOD our almighty Father, ABBA!. Archbishop Carsten is survived by his mother, Isabelle, of Auburn.<br /><br />Funeral Services and Divine Liturgy of Commendation (aka Mass of Christian Burial) will be celebrated by Archbishop Alfred L. Lankenau on Friday the 3rd of April at 4P with calling from 1-4P. The Divine Liturgy and Commendation will be hosted with graciousness at <a href="http://www.fairview-missionary.org/">Fairview Missionary Church</a> 525 East 200 North in (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;cid=0,0,1276161031665646863&amp;fb=1&amp;split=1&amp;gl=us&amp;dq=Fairview+Missionary+Church,+Angola+Indiana&amp;daddr=525+E+200+N,+Angola,+IN+46703&amp;geocode=7986425143814912335,41.671947,-84.980525&amp;ei=aSnQSYmaKc7qnQe9_qXYCQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=local_result&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=directions-to">MAP</a>) Angola, Indiana.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">DIRECTIONS:</span> You may arrive at Fairview Missionary Church via Interstate 69 by taking the Crooked Lake interchange number 150 @ County Road 200 West turning left if from Fort Wayne or right if from Michigan and proceed (north) approximately a half mile, turning right (or East) onto West County Road 200 North and then proceed 2.5 miles down the road and the Church will be on your right hand side. If you intersect with State Road 827 North you are sitting right next to it. Please look behind you before you back into somebody when trying to turn around.<br /><br />There is more sorrow in this untimely loss of Fr. Skip's boisterous at times but contemplative presence, which was compounded by the <a href="http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/SE/20090328/NEWS/903280336">horrendously inaccurate article written</a> by Aaron Organ and published in the News Sentinel, that both defamed the character of this humble Servant Shepherd and the Orthodox-Catholic Church in America [<a href="http://www.orthodoxcatholicchurch.org/index.html">website</a>], which he guided for the last nine years with great respect and responsible stewardship.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SdBNdngLwMI/AAAAAAAACFc/ZrEhBOWlGkg/s1600-h/EPBC+00+At+Crosswood+Centre.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 270px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SdBNdngLwMI/AAAAAAAACFc/ZrEhBOWlGkg/s400/EPBC+00+At+Crosswood+Centre.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318836331140071618" border="0" /></a>I can only reflect the albeit massive loss and tears shed that the members of the three congregation local <a href="http://crosswood.org/index.html">Community of the Cross</a> and my fellow clergy and friends in the OCCA are feeling at this moment in their 100 year plus history. This is also a time of joy and peace knowing that it will be alright and that he can do a lot more from where he is now. This following link <a href="http://open.salon.com/blog/roger_vaughn/2009/03/29/my_archbishop_paul_earl_brian_carsten-may_he_rest_in_peace">MY ARCHBISHOP</a> is a commentary by Father Roger Vaughn whom knew him better than I did and much longer. Please enjoin this sharing of a man, a mission, and the mysteries celebrated by workers in the LORD's vineyard that joined all together, even me, for the last many years under Fr. Skip's leadership (2nd from left in purple @ St. Mary Magdalene Chapel, Crosswood Centre, Auburn)<br /><br />Now if y'all don't mind the Western Rite within me from bubbling up, allow me to say this simple prayer for all of you: "May all of us and many others whom loved Father Skip and those whom he loved, find the Holy Ghost as their Comforter; and the Holy Mother of God, their Consolation! As we all struggle on our path to live that Indwelling presence, that he so diligently taught us to look for, may we find that peace that is GOD with us! AMEN!" Father Skip, thank you for the fellowship and challenging me to find new ways to live my commissioning as a Servant Shepherd also!<br /><br />Bona Pascha! Feast Well At The Banquet Table!<br /><br />Fr. "Fozy Bear" Jude Thaddeuss of Prompt Succor<br />MRev. Kenneth R. M. White, Jnr., Bishop, OIRCC<div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-85250413159184484412009-03-22T11:59:00.004-04:002009-03-30T01:32:33.818-04:00The Truth About Rainbows: From Pots Of Gold To Pontiffs & How 2 Young Men Went From Kings 2 Lovers & All Those Thoughts Regarding SAFE SEX In Between?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ScZoi5BusVI/AAAAAAAACFM/cndc-Q9dJyU/s1600-h/st+pat2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ScZoi5BusVI/AAAAAAAACFM/cndc-Q9dJyU/s400/st+pat2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316051358790365522" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">In honour of</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Saint Patrick's Day</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">, I have this to say, "</span><a href="http://secure.condomania.com/productinfo.asp?number=C-STPOP-SLSINGLE">suck on this lollipop</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">!" towards the Bishop of Rome and Patriarch of all the West, in regards to</span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhxqvVmgEbg">his recent statements</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">(CNN/NPN) on HIV/AIDS prevention while</span> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/17/pope-condoms-not-the-answ_n_175623.html">preparing to pontificate</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">across Africa: "</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">You can't resolve it with the distribution of condoms,....On the contrary, it increases the problem.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">" This can no longer be an issue of birth control or the abstinence only education, let alone an issue from a civil matter of pre/extra-marital sex. This is an issue of medical safety and prevention of a deadly disease that ravages innocents and children. This archaic principled stand no longer applies and therefore either needs to be revised in its implications toward the normal believer and better explained to the non believer.</span><br /><br />If condoms cant prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, then when someone has the audacity to cover the Chair of Saint Peter and the Throne at St. John Lateran Basilica in latex, or melted plastic, the Pope would still be able to speak "from the Chair", or Ex Cathedra, on faith and morals, <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07790a.htm">and have it be infallible</a>, even though his ass would be prevented from making the necessary contact pointe with the relics inside in order for his mouth to proclaim such ejaculations and declarations. If it is not the case then:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ScZGRFF8lcI/AAAAAAAACE0/Mz5f8qh8X-k/s1600-h/Pope+Benedict+Emo+Faux+Hawk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 229px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ScZGRFF8lcI/AAAAAAAACE0/Mz5f8qh8X-k/s400/Pope+Benedict+Emo+Faux+Hawk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316013669396288962" border="0" /></a>a. the teaching that condoms prevent the marriage covenant from being ritually entered into and perpetually consummated need to be revised<br />b. the Church needs to be responsible to the believers and allow them to make a fully formed choice of conscious decision<br />c. someone should ball gag the Pope, unless he is speaking within his role as the head of the College of all the Bishops, and not just the Roman ones either.<br /><br />I am not going to say the overall teaching/advocacy is wrong, it is just incomplete, as it presumes no one has premarital sex, and everyone lives by the same standard of morals and ethics, and fails to account for the reality of human nature when offering instruction based on those teachings. It is time for the ideal to get serious about reality and provide a reputable answer not just a set of lofty dreams. The Roman Catholic Church's teaching against any sex outside of the marriage covenant as a violation or in error is the principle motivation behind all other doctrine and dogma. This is also why the Roman Catholic Church teaches against masturbation, anal sex, as deficient, and the obvious, homosexuality, as objectively disordered to the "ideal" of the marriage covenant. Even regardless of the fact that there is a long history even within Scripture of homosexuality not being demonized by God, just the politicians and religious leaders who later translated Scripture twenty times over to their own desires.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">EDITORIAL ADVISORY:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">Before you read any further, please understand that, anal sex, <a href="http://gaykamasutra.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-be-bottom.html">while enjoyable</a> <a href="http://gaykamasutra.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-be-top.html">when done correctly</a> (<a href="http://gaytlv.blogspot.com/">Gay Tel Aviv</a>), is still technically at its psychological base an act primarily of domination; and medically speaking, when done without extra care and condoms, medically dangerous to the human body. Unlike most in the GLBT Community would declare today, anal sex, as part of male same gender intimacy, was not always the reason for the achieved climax in every culture. I have previously spoken about frottage on</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-style: italic;">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">6</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">, and provided those anthropological resources in the original publication medium, regarding the larger Male With Male Intimacy group members, whom don't necessarily always define as part of the GLBTIQAS Community, but still love men romantically and sexually</span>.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">QUICK LINKS:</span> [<a href="http://www.g0ys.org/initialize.htm">G0Y</a>] [<a href="http://man2manalliance.org/">M2MA</a>]<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">THE STORIES OF DAVID AND JONATHAN</span><br /><br />We know without a doubt, by King Saul's own words, that King David and Prince Jonathan were bound lovers in some capacity and formula. The sexual acts recorded between them is questionable, all we know from Scripture is that they were naked, embraced, crying, and kissed at three separate times, which is descriptive of mutual masturbation or frottage in one account of record alone.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Censored Sex Scene: Sordid Lives: Jason Dottley &amp; Ted Detwiler</span><br /><br /><object width="600" height="350"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=53442264,t=1,mt=video,searchID=,primarycolor=0xe1600f,secondarycolor=0x2b405b"><embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=53442264,t=1,mt=video,searchID=,primarycolor=0xe1600f,secondarycolor=0x2b405b" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="600" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Scripture never says they had anal intercourse, if they did or did not, the intimacy that is recorded in Scripture, would have <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&amp;videoid=53442264">looked something closer to this video segment</a> above with Jason Dottley and Ted Detwiler in <a href="http://www.logoonline.com/shows/dyn/sordid_lives/series.jhtml">Sordid Lives The Series</a> (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/search/label/Sordid%20Lives">Previous Posts</a>), except that it was out in the open in a field, or the equivalent of a public park today. But while the actual depth or detail of expression can be held in question, the intimacies and formation of the covenant between them can not and the fulfillment of said covenant after Jonathan's death in battle is undeniable in Scripture.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">RITUAL PURITY AND THE IMPLICATIONS REGARDING ANAL SEX</span><br /><br />The issue to keep in mind is the actual formation of the covenant and what is required: a mutual and equal tearing of flesh, shedding of blood, and exchanging of privileges and rights. This technically could happen during direct phallic to phallic touching or mutual masturbation. The penis is made up of blood and tissue which expands and pushes outward, thereby tearing in minuscule fashion the flesh, and shedding the blood through the skin, followed by the exchanging and intermingling of fluids, during the ritual magic of sexual intercourse. There are three things considered missing from a religious perspective during the formation of the ritual act when anal sex is used solely:<br /><br />1. It is not typically mutual and equal unless a conscious effort has been made to maintain an equal respect between partners during the acts and there is a longer term association that bonds the friendship to brotherly love. This doesn't require a flip fuck every time but a reach around &amp; switch up once in awhile would not hurt.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ScZD05bEJhI/AAAAAAAACEs/rStqQrO1nc8/s1600-h/kosher_nonkosher.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ScZD05bEJhI/AAAAAAAACEs/rStqQrO1nc8/s320/kosher_nonkosher.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316010986204046866" border="0" /></a>2. The ritual act itself cannot be memorialized during anal sex within effect because everything is removed afterward. In essence there is no lasting presence of action and it is not between seed or provides for an intermingling of life bearing fluids. That does exist when happening from the pointe of mutual masturbation specifically during close touch phalli to phalli frottage or dry humping, unless you're really flexible or have studied ballet and gymnastics.<br />3. For lack of a better phrase, the anus is not a source of life but the end of life, and therefore anal sex represents a "filthy covenant bond" not the beginning of a new bond or the continual celebration of that bond. It is similar to the idea within the Jewish Dietary Laws of not just of the prohibition in consuming bottom feeders or scavengers but in relationship to certain types of meat in clean animals eg: Kosher versus Non Kosher Beef, which is not allowed -Sirloin, Rump Roast, and Flank Steaks- to be consumed because they come after the digestive system and are therefore littered with toxins and diseases. (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Source:</span> <a href="http://www.hebrewnational.com/">Hebrew National</a>)<br />4. The covenant must form between each party and their seed and their children. These are two separate clarifications they are and are not pseudonymous with each other in the text as a whole.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Even if I don't agree with their platform completely, the men over @ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">G0Y</span>, detail this part in more simple statements so I will use their words, albeit modified slightly from the original with no threat intended:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">So what if two men of legal age fell in love &amp; want to merge their lives?</span><br /><br />Due to the Hebrew man's right to contract at his coming of age - there was nothing to stop 2 Hebrew men from making covenant with each other &amp; within those covenants expressing love &amp; mutual care for each others family. They have the fundamental right to self determination &amp; the mingling of their affairs with whom they choose. Unless a 3rd party has a legal interest (as would be the case of the father of a BRIDE) nobody has authority to encumber a contract made in good faith between 2 men.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">It is all in King David's love-covenant with Prince Jonathan!</span><br /><br />Two self-determining beings made in God's image wouldn't ask for permission for what is a fundamental right of contract! This is precisely what David &amp; Jonathan illustrated with their love &amp; subsequent covenants which is how, (from a legal standpoint,) the kingdom of Saul became David's; why David was able to probate it to Jonathan's son Meribbaal/Mephibosheth; and was the legal basis for David's adoption of Meribbaal/Mephibosheth &amp; his family into David's<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">ALL THIS TALK @ KOSHER KINGDOMS LEADS TO OUR NEXT BITT OF BLARNEY!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The reason I bring this all up is because of the molten lava flow that has erupted like spurts of man jiz on the Gay blogosphere over the new show</span> <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Kings/">KINGS @ NBC</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">on Sunday nights which is an alternative universe </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ScZUZEa3SOI/AAAAAAAACFE/pd8KULBBwSE/s1600-h/kings1+copied+from+after+elton.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ScZUZEa3SOI/AAAAAAAACFE/pd8KULBBwSE/s400/kings1+copied+from+after+elton.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316029199817328866" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">retelling of the Story of David from the Christian BIBLE. Surprisingly the Conservative Blogs are not upset about the inclusion of the interpretation that Jonathan was gay, or the </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Gays In The Military theme either, or they haven't figured out yet that it is a retelling of the story of King David.</span><br /><br />Within the premiere 2 hour episode we specifically see the son confront his Father and King Silas affirming the sons sexuality as God given but in order for him to pass the throne to his son "Jack", pictured in the background below, played by Sebastian Stan (Covenant 2006), his son must "control it, press it to the ground, numb it with ice, but you cannot be what God made you, not if you mean to take my place" (54:30-56:30 mark). Here is the clip from NBC.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/49c7050aa2c5ebac/4741e3c5156499a7/f83e587f/-cpid/de1f6f073f3ba961" id="W4727a250e66f972349c7050aa2c5ebac" width="600" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/49c7050aa2c5ebac/4741e3c5156499a7/f83e587f/-cpid/de1f6f073f3ba961"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></object><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">But no worries, because hell hath no furry like a Queen with a <a href="http://ericfetcho.com/?p=621">heel up her ass and a screwdriver</a> in her hand. Gay bloggers went on the offensive though, because as</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Brent Hartinger</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">@</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">After Elton</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">put it,</span> <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2009/3/kingswronggaypart?page=0%2C0">as a clear offense to the original story</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">and the GLBT Community:</span><br /><blockquote>"Despite Kings’ claims that it is a “retelling” of David’s story, a gay love story is clearly not the direction the show is going. In other words, Michael Green, the creator of Kings, has chosen to keep the Bible’s likely-gay aspect of the character of Jonathan, but then turned him into a scheming villain, while at the same time, completely eliminating any “gay” element to the story’s primary hero, David."</blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">His review of the Jonathan character Jack can be synopsis with this text:</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ScZUZEa3SOI/AAAAAAAACFE/pd8KULBBwSE/s1600-h/kings1+copied+from+after+elton.jpg"></a><blockquote>"....But in Kings, Jack is mostly a villain and a pretty stereotypically gay one at that: pretty and perfectly groomed, self-centered and vain, bitter and entitled, scheming, yet ultimately cowardly....He’s a rich, complicated character, but he’s still a bad guy,...competing for the affections of (his Father) the current King....there are several hints that Jack might be attracted to David, he seems to be motivated not by love, but by jealousy because David loves his sister, the princess, and not him."</blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Michael Green</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">the show's Creator</span> <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/people/2009/3/michaelgreeninterview">had this to say in response</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">to Mr. Hartinger's essay during an interview with Michael Jensen, After Elton's Editor:</span><br /><blockquote>“I think what you might be concerned about, or what your readership might be concerned about is that we’re playing into the cliché that the straight guy is great and the gay guy is evil, I don’t think we fall into that cliché at all. I think if you give us your time and attention, you’ll be very surprised at what both of those characters are capable of in the positive and in the negative sense. No one in our show is clearly good. No one in our show is clearly evil. They have far, far different journeys to go on."<br /><br />My goals are to take my characters and put them in the most interesting situation and then see how they behave, so I can’t give Jack any special protection because he’s gay or straight, I think that would be the more backwards way of looking at it....I am much more interested in Jack as a character who, if he had been brought up in a kinder family, might have been a kinder person. He might have been a happier person. But he was born into a family where the presumption is that power is an inherent good that you must want more of, and that colors his personality far more than his preferences.</blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">This is the pointe where the Queens come out to play and the rest of us sit back and go read the whole original story over again, starting at the end of the 17th chapter of 1st Samuel all the way through to the end of the 9th chapter of 2nd Samuel. Here is an</span> <a href="http://f6s-feeds-or-jump.blogspot.com/2009/03/king-david-and-prince-jonathan-covenant.html">excerpt of all the respective passages</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">on</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6'</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">s Feeds</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">&amp;</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Jump Page</span>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">LEARN SOME HISTORY @ THESE GAY LOVERS AND BLOOD BROTHERS</span><br /><br />While still not denying the fact that David and Jonathan were bound lovers, the fact of the matter is that Jonathan fell in love with David, who is played by Chris Egan in the show, first. David also later married into the family with not one, but two of his sisters, so they were bound brothers by covenants of love to each other and in-laws by marriage. We know directly from sacred text, from King Saul's own mouth, that they were each others companions (1st Samuel 20:30-31). We also know from history that it is common in Mediterranean cultures for men who marry into a family to be considered brothers and not brothers in law of existing siblings. It is also normal practice in Mediterranean cultures for all the brothers to have a sexually intimate bond with each other, without necessarily being an engagement of anal intercourse.<br /><br />If anything, what the show <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Kings/">KINGS</a> will do, is tell the story in, albeit more agonizing for certain Queer and Conservative commentators, an accurate time line of events and the scope of modern reality for many GLBT Youth and Young Adults, who struggle with coming out, only to find that everyone you were hiding it from already knew. Within the first episode you witness a Father agonize over his son and at the same pointe sacrifice in battle his other son who is gay and trying to hide such from himself, the world, and especially because of fear of and shame from his own Father.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO!</span><br /><br />The BIBLE text as we know it lasted through ten major rewritings throughout the six thousand year history of the recorded history of humanity. Seven things to remember about Scripture are:<br /><blockquote>1. it is neither scientific nor historically accurate;<br />2. it was written by the victors of wars, by the leaders of people;<br />3. it is not linear in its time line or production;<br />4. it is a theological document which assumes GODs existence not trying to prove such;<br />5. it was written in the time of Kings Saul, David and Solomon etc. 1250-950 BCE;<br />6. it begins with segments in Exodus, at the Praise and Thanksgiving for Deliverance;<br />7. it underwent a major rewrite again while the Hebrews were in captivity in Babylon; </blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ScZPmgdVmHI/AAAAAAAACE8/iQTaEi6e1eo/s1600-h/gay+noahs+ark.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/ScZPmgdVmHI/AAAAAAAACE8/iQTaEi6e1eo/s400/gay+noahs+ark.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316023933124057202" border="0" /></a>Even with all of that, this unambiguous text regarding the bond of covenant love between a Crown Prince and his future King remains, along with the clarification by all the Major Prophets, and LORD Joshua-Emmanuel of Nazareth himself, that homosexuality didn't destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">THE PROMISE OF THE RAINBOW</span><br /><br />That is where the rainbow as a sign of the promise comes to intersect the lives of Gays and Lesbians and those of varied Faiths. May we one day both embrace not just our respective ends of the rainbow but recognize each other as equals worthy of love and being loved by others within its rays.<br /><br />The story of David and Jonathan is not just an issue just of gay lovers or blood brothers, by a long shot, but of two young men who formed a bond so intense and passionate with each other, that the average mind cant contain it and the elite theologian reminisces to try to explain it away. The fact that we're still debating the full ramifications of their undeniable bonds of love, three thousand years later, that is a love that is eternal.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-40980717481383703222009-03-14T23:59:00.019-04:002009-03-17T05:14:30.640-04:00Going Green In '09: From Tent Cities In California Or A Women & Children Shelter Along Our 3 Rivers NIMBY Is The Claim Thrown Out Now Here's My Game!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sbr8lPMXDcI/AAAAAAAACDM/5Iw41WaUKMQ/s1600-h/6a00e54f0a235a8834010534d9cd3c970c-800wi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 325px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sbr8lPMXDcI/AAAAAAAACDM/5Iw41WaUKMQ/s400/6a00e54f0a235a8834010534d9cd3c970c-800wi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312836427100655042" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Yes <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">NIMBY</span> seems to becoming the acronym of the year; for those who don't know, it stands for <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Not In My Back Yard</span>.<br /><br /><object width="325" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jaBLyTPNeVs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0xe1600f&amp;border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jaBLyTPNeVs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0xe1600f&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="325" height="250"></embed></object><br /><br />Most recently to gain national media attention is</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Sacramento, California</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">whose shelter system even after being</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">(video)</span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbns4jsPWoU">drastically expanded in 2007</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">, because of a previous Tent City built up near the Union Pacific Rail Road, is still overwhelmed and overcrowded and is forcing a whole new segment of the former middle class into the Tent Cities that are burrowing up much to the dismay of local businesses and residents who don't want the homeless in view of their backyard. The latest count <a href="http://www.knx1070.com/-Tent-City--Rapidly-Growing-in-Sacramento/3975097">places the current population</a> of the Tent City at 1500 with 20-50 additional people joining the make shift community weekly.</span><br /><br />Last month in jest the Editor of <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Fort Wayne News</span> (aka Angry White Boy), <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Dan Turkette</span>, <a href="http://www.fortwaynenews.com/index.php/2009/01/18/an-idea-for-harrison-square/">suggested that the City should</a> invest in the $500 per unit EDAR, <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">"</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Everyone Deserves A Roof</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">"</span> [<a href="http://www.edar.org/">website</a>], a program started by Peter Samuelson a Movie Producer out of Los Angeles, for the City of Fort Wayne's <a href="http://www.cityoffortwayne.org/index.php?Itemid=179&amp;id=131&amp;option=com_content&amp;task=view">claim of only 100 homeless</a> in Downtown and start putting them in at Harrison Square as a campground. Here is a basic introduction to the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">EDAR</span> from the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCtn_F4JCig">LA Times</a> and an additional coverage from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMjJWf1Sv8M">CBS News</a>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The reason why I bring this up is because of a more recent issue of riverfront development and NIMBY syndrome knocking on City Council's door. I am going to defer to</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Stephen Parker</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">@</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Around Fort Wayne</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">for his</span> <a href="http://aroundfortwayne.info/blog/?tag=fairmount-place">coverage and commentaries on this issue</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">regarding</span> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Fairmount+Place,+Fort+Wayne&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;split=0&amp;gl=us&amp;ei=8ga7SczIGJD4MJP5-KYI&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=geocode_result&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=title">Fairmount Place</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">for a detailed overview and then insert my own as well.</span><br /><br />This most recent case of NIMBY and riverfront development versus the property rights businesses or land owners is in regard to the Rescue Mission's recent request vacate the a portion of an unused street to build a new 4.5 million dollar 94 bed <a href="http://www.rescueministries.us/charis-house.html">Charis House</a> women and children shelter on the riverfront just across the street from the Public Safety Memorial and the beginning of the Wells Street Corridor Business Association (WCBA) district line. This proposal <a href="http://aroundfortwayne.info/blog/?p=3288">was deferred for sixty days</a> when said Business District President Judi Wire and surrounding Neighborhood Associations went up in arms over said development of land and used and friends of friends clout within local government to put the FUBAR on the prospective project and site.<br /><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Third district City Council member, Tom Didier's, district is across the street from the controversial land. He says he isn't against helping the homeless but doesn't like the proposed Well's Street location.<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br />"</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">This particular project is something that probably could go somewhere else. You know it's not like it has to go here! They own the property so for them they actually could make out in the long run if some developer would want to come along and purchase that property.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">”</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br />Didier called Mayor Henry today and suggested the city purchase the property and help Charis House officials find other land.<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br />Source:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Homeless Shelter Ready To Expand, Neighbors Say "Not So Fast"</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">By Laura Donaldson</span>, <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">[</span><a href="http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/40314377.html">STORY</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">] [</span><a href="http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/40314377.html?video=YHI&amp;t=a">VIDEO</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">] 25 February Updated 04 March 2009,</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The Networks of Indiana News Center</span></span></span></blockquote><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">As a Libertarian, my immediate reaction (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-style: italic;">as in a predisposed response filter, that is not acted on, but is there to throw up red flags on any particular issues that arise</span>) is that this is a direct issue of private property rights violation with the additional implied threat, <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">directly</span> by a member of City Council, of eminent domain regardless of cause.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"></span></span><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">CLARIFICATION:</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> <span style="font-style: italic;">This is an implied threat, </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">without question </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">by Mr. Didier </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">and it is an indirect threat </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">as </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">said property is outside of his jurisdiction</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"> representing the Third District on Council</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />The purchase of this property in question by the City would have to be done by Eminent Domain in order for the Rescue Mission to begin recuperating any part of full expenditures. Otherwise under a normal purchase agreement the City could only begin to pay, I believe it is three times over the assessed value of the property and buildings, to compensate for the moving expenses and reestablishment of an existing business. But as this land is disoriented in zoning, with no one having an invested capital project currently being built on the land, the City is restricted by what amount it may purchase the land for. As it stands now, if the City authorizes the repurchase at full price and/or swapped the land with equal purchase value, above 350 thousand dollars, any responsible citizen would be up in arms by such a decision.<br /><br />To bailout a huge mistake by any organization that does not pay taxes should be highly reviewed and said organization should be held to a higher standard of accountability in regard toward dispensation of donated resources by both its board and patrons. Not forgetting to mention the Secretary of State, who should also probably review the original sale in 2002.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">I'm Still reading up on State Code please feel free (LINK: <a href="http://www.speedwaynavigator.com/V2I6/eminent-domain.pdf">IACT</a>, pdf) to join in the fun.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The land was... (<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">redacted</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">) ....purchased for a specific purpose by monies donated to said 'religious organization', and it should be retained for that intent. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">It is not like anyone ever noticed that property before someone decided to build a Women and Children Shelter on it anyway. Secondly it is a pain to get to so if someone wants to cut off access to an unused piece of land, I would usually say go ahead.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /></span></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I was originally told that it was donated, </span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">my apologies</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">. The understanding that I possessed at the time of starting this post almost 1 1/2 weeks ago, was the land was donated and the 4.5 million was for construction. The property was only valued at the now <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">infamous 525 thousand dollars purchase of 3 1/2 acres</span> that was only assessed for just over 72 thousand dollars for property taxes and and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">purchased from the City for 88 hundred dollars</span> seven years ago.<br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />The most this property should have been purchased for is 400 thousand and even that is accommodating the location and convenience of other properties in the area and in the said organization's network. The Rescue Mission should have only paid two hundred grand for it and I pray they didn't give him tax deductible receipt for the difference of his asking price.</span></span><br /></blockquote></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">However I also have to look at</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> the surrounding community and agree with them on one count that the planned construction is obtuse in both design and planning.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">With sincere apologies to</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Stephen Parker</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">, for a view of the illustrated design please</span> </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://aroundfortwayne.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/CH-1.jpg">right click on this link</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">and open into a new tab.</span></span> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Unfortunately the building is currently designed like a giant four layered (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Original previous omitted detail:</span> Franciscan Tau, styled <a href="http://www.shrinesf.org/francis10.htm">LINK</a>) altar cross! </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">I stand behind this statement and its referenced commentary below. 15 other people so far have agreed with me.</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> If they simply flipped the project around by putting the back of the building (</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">ie:</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">the top of the cross</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">) to the street side and the parking in back, it would begin to fit more in line with the surrounding neighborhood facades and environment. If the facility was built in a</span> <a href="http://www.alaskafc.com/About%20the%20Camp/files/Lodge.jpg">camp lodge style</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">with up to three floors it would be more appropriate for the area as a whole too. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Paraphrasing Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, in regard to servicing the poor, I have a Fozyism: "</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">anyone whom has nothing of beauty deserves something of beauty from everyone</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">". This (<span style="font-style: italic;">allowing the shelter to be built in some form on this site</span>) would be a beautiful statement of setting aside our first fruits to the poor and the sojourner, the widow and the orphan (Exodus/Leviticus).</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Dear Anonymous Reader:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Thank you for asking! <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Here are the answers to your queries:</span></span><br /><br />Then we are now left with another dilemma and that is the scope of the overall project as a whole and the intended versus the actual efficiency of said program in lieu of the property being taken off the property tax rolls. The current building plans at 30K sq ft. is claimed to be eight and a half times larger then the biggest business in that corridor, a funeral home. The CM Sloan &amp; Sons Funeral Home is the equivalent of 6 maybe up to 8 one bedroom apartments which litter the known area and the proposed facility will only host 28 long term women with children, 28 single women, but a reserve of 38 with an additional capacity of 38 for emergencies. Using the idea marker of, eight times greater than, this project in size and scope only qualifies for four times greater in housing capacity however it does serve more than just a permanent housing scenario and therefore the pointe is moot as the residency is only partially long term the rest almost two thirds would be transitional therefore it would actually increase the total amount of people served to the same marker.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbshQheSSnI/AAAAAAAACDc/LiCR1xL1HmQ/s1600-h/exhausted.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbshQheSSnI/AAAAAAAACDc/LiCR1xL1HmQ/s400/exhausted.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312876753160653426" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Who asked me a math question? ...mumblings... </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">From the peanut gallery:</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">My Dad is doing math? </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br />Only GOD can HELP Y'ALL now!!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">He is numerically dyslexic and failed basic algebra too.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">This is not going to be a easy thing to do. There will be some </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">really crazy logical deductions awaiting you at the end!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">You must be very trusting in this forum to ask me to do math questions. Brace Yourselves!</span><br /><br />Assuming the facility is 8 times larger than the funeral home and we know there are 94 beds total and the average women in need of service each have 2 children at minimum. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sbsk2H_SvcI/AAAAAAAACDk/V7sTtOjqSHs/s1600-h/model+life.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sbsk2H_SvcI/AAAAAAAACDk/V7sTtOjqSHs/s400/model+life.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312880697689685442" border="0" /></a>The actual final math didn't make sense to me either initially because if this building is built to code then even at the greatest stretch of the rules allowed there cant be more than three people sleeping per room and the parent and children should have separate bedding according to Child Safety standards. Remember certain safety restrictions and requirements demand separate sleeping arrangements after age 6 for children of differing genders. Their basic service goal is 28 women with presumed 2 children a piece plus 28 single women (28x4=112 not 94) and that is not even counting the 38 bed reserve and the additional 38 bed capacity for emergencies.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">So there will not be enough beds?</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br />Actually there are follow along if you will: </span><br /><br />Now after allowing for a slight question of facts, that each bed is possibly a bunk bed and just counted as one, then you could account for the short numbers. If the numbers are factored by 1 bed equals in reality 2 adults, then you are getting somewhere quick. Because now 28 single women, become just (14 beds) for a supply count; and the (84 people) that make up the other 28 women with two children a piece account one for one so you are up to (28+14=42 beds) then (94-42=52 beds) remaining in capacity divided between the two categories equally which is 19 women with 2 children plus an additional 19 for single women (57+38=95 and <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbrgFvqr9aI/AAAAAAAACDE/hlR7ql3iOj4/s1600-h/Numbers+for+Charis+House+for+F6.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 412px; height: 103px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbrgFvqr9aI/AAAAAAAACDE/hlR7ql3iOj4/s400/Numbers+for+Charis+House+for+F6.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312805099736397218" border="0" /></a>95+84+28 for a total of 207 people) bringing the total bed number to the pointe where capacity numbers and supply counts start to match up to the goals established by the <a href="http://www.rescueministries.us/index.html">Rescue Mission</a> if you account for emergencies, overused stock, removal during lice/crabs infestations, and on-site staff to sleep in shifts. (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Source:</span> <a href="http://www.bagism.com/tablemaker/">Table Maker</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">So you see</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Dear Anonymous Reader</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">there is no controversy, just another 250 more homeless people being able to live along the river bank. Only they will have a roof, a warm bed, plenty of food, and a future this time!</span><br /><br />In the Journal Gazettes coverage of the story on the third of March they <a href="http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20090303/EDIT07/303039971/-1/EDIT01">released an editorial statement</a> but then also (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Correction:</span> were delayed in) publishing <a href="http://aroundfortwayne.info/blog/?p=3189">Letters To The Editor</a> that whose authors were fair in their opposition to the request to both the vacation of Fairmount Place and the current building project as a whole. <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /><br />The Editors of the</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Journal Gazette</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">made two pointes that I will directly challenge:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">1. The City does not have a vested interest. (3rd ip)</span><br /><br />It gave that up when it sold back the land to whomever sold/donated it to the Rescue Mission. If the City bought out the property for flood control in 1982, it should have not been sold to anyone else in the first place for at a minimum of 25 years, let alone to a private owner or developer. This means the property shouldn't have been sold to anyone until 2007 at the earliest. <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Even though, as time and paradoxes have a way of twisting your nuts while making the same pointe, this means that we might still be in the situation</span>; however it would have possibly slowed it down, because everyone involved in the purchase would have had knowledge of the different covenants and existing strategic area development plans. <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /><br />I blame this one on the City for selling back the land that taxpayers purchased and then trying to buy it back yet again or (</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Correction: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">possibly) force it under eminent domain.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The ultimate irony is that a (</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Changed:</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> 'Religious Organization') in the middle of the City of Churches </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">wants to build a shelter for Women and Children on their own riverfront property and the money changers wont let them </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sbs2taQx8VI/AAAAAAAACDs/QcJDEBXrq6A/s1600-h/215-clement.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sbs2taQx8VI/AAAAAAAACDs/QcJDEBXrq6A/s400/215-clement.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312900339185348946" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">@ the Inn! So much for the remembrance and living the message of Bethlehem.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Let us finally be truthful for once in politics and admit to each other why we do or don't like something, even if it could damage your business or personal reputations.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">2. Yes it is a giant cross; just say so! Admit that it scares you. (6th ip)</span><br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic;">Neighboring businesses represented by the Wells Corridor Business Association </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-style: italic;">are concerned the design and location of the homeless shelter will obstruct</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> future development..., specifically riverfront development.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Neighbors <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">are disappointed</span> in the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">design of the shelter</span> because it ... does <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">not fit the character</span> of the neighborhood."</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I honestly do wonder if they are comparing those statements of "</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">design</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">" and "</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">character</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">" towards the existing businesses in the district. Was it the Pagans and Satanist @ The Ninth Gate, (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-style: italic;">who by the way I count among my friends</span>), or the Drug Addicts @ the Methadone Clinic that is next door to the Pawn Shoppe?</span><br /><br />The fact of the matter is that, subliminally, they don't want a giant cross "<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">reminding people of their sinful nature</span>" as they come over the bridge to patronize such establishments of small retail, or as they enter the heart of Downtown visiting our new Ballpark. <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /><br />Before I forget, I want to also refer my readers towards these two posts on the</span> <a href="http://berrystreetbeacon.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/charis-house-classic-nimby-syndrome/">27th of February</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">and the</span> <a href="http://berrystreetbeacon.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/city-council-squanders-opportunity-to-support-worthy-womens-shelter/#comments">4th of March</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">by</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Charlotte Weybright @ Berry Street Beacon UPDATE:</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">, and again on the <a href="http://berrystreetbeacon.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/fairmount-place-convoluted-transfers-result-in-525000-price-tag-of-flood-buyout-property/">15th of March</a>, whom has also addressed these ongoing issues of Fairmount Place, with a similar tactical analysis that I am taking, in regards toward specific issues. It is not very often that Charlotte and I agree on most things, even when coming from different vantage pointes, so I wanted to pointe out this distinct privilege that I feel welling up inside me from this occurrence. I have one last pointe to contest from the Journal Gazette editorial but at the same pointe I am going to use it to offer my craziest but well founded solution yet to date</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbymOL5oH3I/AAAAAAAACEU/tzA5EEGH9rs/s1600-h/morning+coffee+check.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbymOL5oH3I/AAAAAAAACEU/tzA5EEGH9rs/s400/morning+coffee+check.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313304423033216882" border="0" /></a>The current location of <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">The Bean Cafe</span> (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">6</span> <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/2008/07/200th-post-this-saturday-now-for-some.html">previous post</a> (under Friday), until a year ago for a decade used to be, <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Hide~n~Seeks</span> (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">6</span> <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/search/label/Hide%20n%20Seeks">previous posts</a>), a gay leather and jeans bar, <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">which I also frequented on a biweekly basis for karaoke and which the Board of Heartland Communities meetings are currently held every Sunday night @6-9P</span>, is just directly across from Fairmount Place technically it is all on the same street, but it sits between two Council Districts and changes physical direction and possibly a zip code, so therefore the name changes when crossing Wells Street/Fairfield Avenue and Ewing Street merger before the split for the bridge.<br /><br />The remaining claims that everyone is making in opposition to the project, which are really straw man arguments, is that the south side of this property and beyond in question is susceptible to flooding; and again that the design is neither aesthetically conducive, to which I agree; and that it will hinder future riverfront development, in that location. To which, again I repeat, "<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">What riverfront development?</span>" But alas as a good friend always reminds me, to offer the good with the bad when tearing someone a new asshole, so I will attempt to now offer my solution to the design dilemma.<br /><br />For that solution we will have to go back in history and our precolonial roots. In France, yes the French had the first fort here, and it was a French missionary whom secured the land for the later built Roman Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception. Amongst other notables is, Jean Baptiste Bissot he actual is the original to interact with, and possessed a general respect for, the native people of the Miami nation whose national headquarters were here @ Kekionga. He built the first fortified trading post in 1704. Finally let us not forget the Centlivre Brewery which was also created by a Frenchman. So why do I bring all this up? Simply for historical presentation of the French connection to Fort Wayne for those whom don't know our local history that well and to establish the precedent for my political irony and suggestions to solve this problem in both design of the current project and the gripes involving future riverfront development in that area to follow.<br /><br />Currently in the French Alpes on the Rivera there is Ville Franche, that translates to "the town with <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbyHRVXLheI/AAAAAAAACD0/YyLB4c5nfwM/s1600-h/2537043762_598d2173b3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbyHRVXLheI/AAAAAAAACD0/YyLB4c5nfwM/s400/2537043762_598d2173b3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313270392252237282" border="0" /></a>no taxes" as it secured that right many moons ago by providing shelter to Charles II, Duke of Anjos and later the Count of Provence, from the insurgent Turks in 1295CE. The privilege of being a free port was retained through the 18th Century even after being divided and shuffled many times over between modern day Italian and French predecessor governments or monarchs. There is a portion of the town that allows for this shelter from heathens, warring factions, an occasional pirate, etc., and that is the Rue Obscure. The City was actually built over this Obscure Road to allow people safe passage in their daily lives, the City with strategic access pointes to each house and business.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Here is my recommendations and project plan in conjunction with my work with Heartland Communities:</span><br /><br />The City still needs to allow the Women and Children Shelter to build at the Fairmount Place location, but by working with them instead of threatening eminent domain, by starting at the second story and allow the first story on north side of Fairmount to be parking completely. Then after building the new Charis House, beginning over two thirds of the road going north with the second story only and continuing with a third floor, in a mission lodge style only, over the north side of Fairmount Place, we can then turn the south side into riverfront development and also a strategic water retention park with flood gates available to be attached at a moments notice for "<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-style: italic;">the 500 year flood</span>" everyone @ Journal Gazette and City Council is so worried about.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbyK378N6wI/AAAAAAAACD8/A9UGklmcsJc/s1600-h/dry_bridge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 175px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbyK378N6wI/AAAAAAAACD8/A9UGklmcsJc/s400/dry_bridge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313274353978043138" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">EDITOR:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">This picture does not illustrate my plan, just a point that the idea of building over a road and under a bridge in this case, is not a foreign concept to engineers just one that isn't used in America often. </span><br /><br />The one third remaining tunnel top at the beginning of the Women and Children shelter over Fairmount Place would become a stage for productions and performances for concerts and/or theatre, The donations/ticket proceeds from these events could be split evenly between the Cooperative Worker Owners of the shopping and apartment complex and Charis House for further development and/or maintaince of their properties. This riverfront development that I suggest would be European in nature, similar to the original intent of Jefferson Pointe, but smaller in scale, providing more impact to the both the surrounding community and Downtown.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbyM4iJXGyI/AAAAAAAACEE/mJ3w1TCi1ds/s1600-h/composting+toilet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbyM4iJXGyI/AAAAAAAACEE/mJ3w1TCi1ds/s400/composting+toilet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313276563256974114" border="0" /></a> This complex would be worker owned and operated as green as possible with each employee having the option to live on premises at a reduced rate. The businesses located within the retail establishments would not have to be part of worker owner cooperative but the renters of apartments would and everyone as a whole would be required to follow the procedures and commit to a zero impact policy by their environmental footprint, and that includes the three communal bathing facilities, individual composting toilets, one of which is pictured to the right. Which means that between those two items and geothermal heating already planned, the entire Complex <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">would not be hooked into</span> the City Sewer, that <a href="http://www.cityoffortwayne.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=361&amp;Itemid=455">currently has 50 CSOs per year</a> minimum.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">EDITOR:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">For more information on the</span> <a href="http://www.sun-mar.com/">Sun-Mar</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">line of self contained toilets or to read commentary from the</span> <a href="http://paddleways.com/blog/gypsyrose/">Owners of Gypsy Rose</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> on thier experience and</span> <a href="http://paddleways.com/blog/gypsyrose/2008/01/an_end_to_unsightly_floatables.html">review after a year of using the non electric version</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">of the composting toilet, click on the previous links. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br /><br />Pointe Of Information:</span> <a href="http://poolpatioandspas.com/">Pools Patios &amp; Spas</a> @ 3204 Illinois Road/State Road 14, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">phone: 260-432-3570</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">, is a carrier of the Sun-Mar product line and they have a display. </span><br /><br />This proposal in regard to the south side of Fairmount Place and beyond would also add entertainment, dinning, and shopping venues on the second story's east and south sides and a cooperative 2 story multiple bedroom town house on the southwest corner for employees of the shoppes and worker owners of the Cooperative over the complex located on the premises and additional apartments on both second and third floors on the west and third floor on the south side of the complex. All of this would be facing inward to the promanade or park that is encased within the hempcrete [<a href="http://www.americanlimetec.com/">website</a>] walls with minor brick facade for highlights and still with a half arched view of the rivergreenway/riverfront from the first story to the south and west and second story to the south, and possibly a portico/veranda especially on the south side on the second and possibly a smaller balcony for both second and third story apartments.<br /><br />Now in order to maintain the facade issue with the adjoining Wells Corridor Business District this plan has already forced the parking to be placed under Charis House completely; however by the very nature of the plan so far explained it is more obtuse than the original, but it also twenty times more energy efficient and community impacting as well. Since the design structure would allow the north and south sides of Faimount Place along Wells Street, facing west from an across the street at the Public Safety Memorial, to then also build outer businesses both on the east side wall facing east or toward the rest of the businesses in the neighborhood, because the complex itself has become the flood wall so the businesses on the outside first story should be okay. There would be approximately 50-80 15x10 studio bedroom apartments included.<br /><br />There is one last issue of traffic safety which is simply resolved by creating an extended roundabout from High Street to the bridge with no circles involved. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbyYSjVUWEI/AAAAAAAACEM/WaPQIYe-y70/s1600-h/6a00e54f0a235a8834010535d5c375970b-800wi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbyYSjVUWEI/AAAAAAAACEM/WaPQIYe-y70/s400/6a00e54f0a235a8834010535d5c375970b-800wi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313289104880064578" border="0" /></a>Simply putting a stop sign on Wells at High Street and then a full tri-coloured, trip triggered, four way, stop light system at Fairmount Place and North Wells at Wells Street/Fairfield Avenue and Ewing Street with a five minute deference pattern, would assure smooth transitioning from Downtown to both the Wells Street Corridor and the new complex located @ Fairmount Place or vice versa. By the way, as a reminder once this is done North Wells Street and Fairmount Place need to be renamed one name, please. And while it would be pretty good bragging rights to say that you literally live or work above a major intersection, the area if the complex that is built in front of the stage and the beginning 1st story of Charis House on the intersection of Fairmount and Wells Street should be reserved for the CoOps Offices.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-70721820804568421632009-03-05T11:59:00.012-05:002009-03-19T06:58:11.966-04:00TTDINdFORT:March-May: Learn2PaintDEggsDwayUkrainiansDo; WhyDIDtheybuildDaFORThere?; BaDRAGdiva?;30mealsin3hours; 1day2learn3instruments4$160;&MUCHMORE<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">PLEASE NOTE:</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">This post <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">has been updated</span> so many times</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I had to break out <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">all the colours</span> from the box</span>. <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br />As every gay boi knows <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">it's all in the details</span>!!</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Yes this is Wednesdays post and yes it is running late, sorry, I had to verify two bits of information and one source cite.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sa-aSlZSeKI/AAAAAAAACB8/vY3UUoQLXg8/s1600-h/purple+21+boy+in+dress.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sa-aSlZSeKI/AAAAAAAACB8/vY3UUoQLXg8/s400/purple+21+boy+in+dress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309632129759606946" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">FORT WAYNE PRIDE COMMITTEE</span> at the end of this month is hosting a So You Think You Can Drag? contest @ After Dark Night Club, 1601 South Harrison Street, approximately 5 blocks South of The Grand Wayne Center, pass by Powers Hamburgers, go under the viaduct and hang left.<br /><br />To volunteer as a Mentor or sign up to take part in the competition contact Chad Pratt aka Paige Turner via the FWPC <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fwpride">MySpace</a> or <a href="http://fortwaynepride.com/">website</a>. Each Contestant will be connected with your new Drag Mentor who "<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">will meet with you and teach you the tricks of the trade</span>" after which "you will be responsible for getting yourself ready from head to toe without the assistance of your mentor and perform" for the review of the Judges and enjoyment of the crowd during the Contest on the 28th @ After Dark. There will be a Drag King and a Drag Queen winner announced that will each receive a guaranteed performance the last weekend of July @ Pride Fest 2009 , paid entry to Mr. or Miss Pride, and a booking with Tula @ AFTER DARK.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">UPDATE: Fort Wayne Pride Committee</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">will also be hosting their first ever all ages</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">GSA PROM</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">(<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">previously hosted by IPFW's Equal Rights Education Network</span>) on the</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">18th of April</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">@ 7:30P above Columbia Street West in the </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The Columbia Club Banquet Hall </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">the entrance is on Harrison one block south of Superior. Admission for this event is $6 a person/ $10 couple. Come dance the night away in a safe place!</span><br /><br />In other local Queer Community <a href="http://fortwayne.craigslist.org/com/1042803006.html">dramatic cause</a>, there have been rumors floating around town that, also toward the end of this month, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">UP THE STAIRS COMMUNITY CENTER</span> will be closing, <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/2007/10/as-you-pull-your-sunday-paper-off-curb.html">due to loosing</a> its primary donor, and hence not being able to pay the bills. However according to another source, they are still holding their Spring Euchre Tourney this Saturday beginning @ 7P. The buy in is $4 but you must call 260-422-2450 or email to register for the Tournament. There is more information on <a href="http://www.utscc.org/">their website</a> if you really want to participate.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">EDITOR: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Previous</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">post on <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">UTSCC</span> [</span><a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/search/label/UTSCC">click here</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">] &amp; for posts in regard to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">FWPRIDE</span> [</span><a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/search/label/PRIDE">click here</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">] please.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br /><br /></span>Now onto the rest of the things going on in The Community @ Large that are personally way more interesting. Tonight the 5th of March from 6-8P The Botanical Conservatory is hosting a course on <a href="http://www.botanicalconservatory.org/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&amp;Itemid=23&amp;extmode=view&amp;extid=385">Large Scale Urban Gardening</a> with Ephraim Smiley. Since I didn't find out about it until after the deadline passed, I couldn't tell you all about it until now but hopefully there will be resources available from this class for dissemination by the general public later. First lets get the basic calendar stuff out off the way that I still have to add to the official F6 Calendar<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">MARCH!</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> My lion has a limp wrist and the flock of sheep got pissed and left, lol! </span><br /><blockquote>7th and 21st Saturdays 11A &amp; 2P @ Botanical Conservatory<br />ECO ENERGY: The world needs clean power and with a little creativity we can find energy in some of the most unlikely places. Of course there is solar, wind and wave energy, but there is also energy to be found in lemons, cow burps and even the money in your pocket.<br />8th Sunday DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME: switch clocks ahead one hour @ 2A<br />13th Monday FWPR Amazing Race Registration begins. 4 Person Team (2 any age, 50+, &amp; 8-12)<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">=NOTE=</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Volunteers Needed</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">3 hr shifts, set up/tear down, and facilitate challenges.</span><br />17th Saint Patrick's Day<br />21st Sabbath of Ostara/Old Lady's Day Spring Equinox<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">UPDATED:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">21st Sat 9:30A</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6th District City Council Community Meeting</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Host: Glynn Hines</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">==></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">==></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">==></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Link's Wonder Land 1711 East Creighton Ave (1 block west of No. Anthony Bvd.)</span><br />21st 9A-1P Community Bike Summit @ Allen Co. Public Library Main Branch<br />25th Solemnity of the Annunciation (Mary Conceiving Jesus In Her Womb By God)<br />25th Wed 11:30A-1P Tax Protest <a href="http://www.revoltatthestatehouse.blogspot.com/">Revolt @ Statehouse</a> (Indianapolis)<br />26th Thur 12N-1P @ Botanical Conservatory Clean Green Energy<br />Glenn Johnson, COO of <a href="http://www.naturesfuel.net/nf2/index.cfm">Nature's Fuel</a>, will discuss the future of clean and natural energy production. He will also detail the progress being made at the company’s Atwood, Indiana, plant and the <a href="http://www.naturesfuel.net/nf2/Huntington_Landfill.cfm">potential of their new facility</a> being built in Huntington. The company claims it can turn 200,000 tons of landfill waste into zero sulfur bio-oil and green electricity, with less total emissions per year than one harvest on a 300 acre farm with a small amount of solid residue that Cornell University says is better for farm soil than today’s fertilizers?</blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">New Reoccurring Weekly and/or Monthly Events</span><br /><blockquote>= Weekly @ McMillen Ice Arena Thur 9-11A Coffee Club (21+only);<br />Fri 7-9P Cosmic Skating Night; Sun 2:30-4:30P Public Skate;<br />Rates: $5, Adults; $4, Seniors (55+); $3.50,Youth (5-17);<br />Free for Child under 5 &amp; Spectators, $2.50 Skate Rental<br />+ Third Week Allen Co. Libertarian Party Business Meeting Day and Location To Be Announced<br />+ Third Monday 6:45P Bookworms: @ Franke Park Nature Lodge<br />Nature Literature Book Club, Non political literary discussion on social concerns &amp; environment<br />+ Third Thursday 6-8P @ Botanical Conservatory<br />Thursday Night Unplugged Addmission: Adults $5; Children age 3-17 $3; 2 and under Free<br />March: Dan Dickerson; April: Dead In Denver &amp; Dressed For The Weather; May: Swing Billies<br /></blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Why did they build a Fort here at the three rivers?</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbALH4H2pnI/AAAAAAAACCc/9CHhM2Qe-Ys/s1600-h/OLD+FORT+for+blog.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 235px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbALH4H2pnI/AAAAAAAACCc/9CHhM2Qe-Ys/s400/OLD+FORT+for+blog.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309756190622131826" border="0" /></a>If you have pondered this question in the past, on Tuesdays between the 7th of April and 12th of May @ <a href="http://www.botanicalconservatory.org/index.php">Botanical Conservatory</a> you will be provide better insight into the events between the late 1600’s through the War of 1812 by local Historian Matt Jones with an overview of the Native/Settler conflicts in the pre-settlement and Early American periods. Registration deadline 31 March Fee $26.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Green Eggs</span>? Sam got nothing on this Ham!</span><br /><br />The Ukranian form of egg dying for Easter, and Icon writing in general, is world renowned for its detail and naturally clean long lasting bases and descriptive tales. On Holy Saturday the 11th of April at 10A &amp; 1:30P Catharine Green, a Pysanky Artist from Indianapolis will be Instructing a class on this ancient form of religious/cultural art. Everyone attending the class will also take home their own tool kit, including a kistka stylus, beeswax, and 6 dyes, in order to continue practicing and creating new egg designs at home. Registration Fee: $37 Conservatory Member Fee: $31 Deadline: 3rd April.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">APRIL </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">showers wilted the flowers, when We came across the fresh water jelly fish!<br />Please remember to <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Wrap It Up</span> but throw the condom in the bin not down the drain.<br /></span><blockquote>2nd-Thur 6-8p @ Botanical Conservatory Registration deadline: March 27 Fee: $5<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">How Green Is My Water?</span> Guide: Matt Jones, Water Resource Education Specialist, ACPWQ.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sa_1WhXT-SI/AAAAAAAACCE/kBJ5o1Cb4Po/s1600-h/48d532f41df0e.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 275px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/Sa_1WhXT-SI/AAAAAAAACCE/kBJ5o1Cb4Po/s400/48d532f41df0e.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309732252955179298" border="0" /></a>===>learn how to keep our water clean, building your own rain barrel, create a rain garden.<br />12th Sun Solemn Octave of the Resurrection aka Easter<br />14th Tues Lindenwood Opens<br />18th Sat @ FWPR<br />1. <a href="http://www.kidszoo.org/">Children's Zoo</a> Opens<br />2. City Amazing Race<br />(see 13th March also)<br />19th - Divine Mercy Sunday<br />19th Sun 12N-5P <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Save Maumee</span><br /><a href="http://savemaumee.org/earthday2009invite.htm">Earth Day Project</a> &amp; River Clean Up @ Pemberton Dike North Anthony Blvd.<br />25th Sat 12N+ <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">GREEN FEST</span> @Southwest Conservation Club<br />5703 Bluffton Road<br /></blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">MAY</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Don't forget to cook for your Mother this time around,please.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbACzEDlcWI/AAAAAAAACCU/eKWqiyiM7fU/s1600-h/kitchen+new.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 325px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SbACzEDlcWI/AAAAAAAACCU/eKWqiyiM7fU/s400/kitchen+new.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309747036955177314" border="0" /></a>1st Fri SABBATH OF BELTANE<br />8th &amp; 9th Fri &amp; Sat 10A-5P @ Salomon Farm 817 W. DuPont Rd.<br />Natural Fiber Arts Celebration Free Admission &amp; Parking<br />15th Fri 5P - 17th Sun 10A Libertarian Party of <a href="http://lpin.org/">Indiana</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.lpky.org/">Kentucky</a><br />Joint Convention Location TBA Later Clarksville, Indiana<br /><br />As most can assert the way to a man's heart, especially mine, is through his stomach. Now not only can you be assured that he will have plenty to munch on but that it is healthy and nutritious too. There will be no more of "<span style="font-style: italic;">Honey, I'm way to tired to make dinner. Can you just reheat some left overs from last week for the kids and me?</span>" because after taking this <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">30 Days of Delicious Cooking</span> course taught by Ambia Cooper on Monday the 11th of May from 6-8P @ FWPR Community Center, 233 W. Main St. you and your family will learn to assemble and freeze nutritious meals for every meal all month long in just two hours!<br /><br />The course includes the “The Freezer Cooking Manual: A Month of Meals Made Easy,” by fellow Hoosiers Nanci Slagle and Tara Wohlenhaus. Registration deadline: 4th May Fee: $28<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br />Lend Me Your Ear &amp; I'll Play You A Song, I'll Try To Stay In Tune.....</span><br /><br />On the 16th of May you and/or your children ages 9 and older can learn to play up to 3 instruments and fill your lives with music at the FWPR Community Center on West Main Street. You have the choice of learning from 9A-12N for $63 the rustic beauty of this three string instrument which can be <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMs8fhOiEYY">plucked</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Z63rYU0lI">strummed</a>, or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPgvZVE1hxM">bowed</a> (videos) has been with us since the late 18th Century, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_dulcimer">Mountain Dulcimer</a>, is the perfect first instrument for a novice musician that is very easy to play; or from from 12:30-2:30P, you can learn the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonica">Harmonica</a>, which was introduced to North America in 1862 - during the beginning of the Civil War. You will learn how to read harmonica music, play the instrument and translate any song into harmonica tablature for $40 (Adult w/Child $70); and then there is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukulele">Ukulele</a>, which Portuguese sailors have been played for decades, from 3-5P for $56. You will receive your own instrument(s), music, and materials to take home. You will learn to play at least 10 songs (7 for the Ukulele). No prior musical training is necessary to attend The Workshops which can be taken individually or together for 160 dollars as an all day excursion into Folk Music and Culture. Registration deadline is the 8th of May.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">EDITOR:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The Mountain Dulcimer isn't the</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammered_dulcimer">Hammered Dulcimer</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">, which regained its popularity in the 1990s because of the late <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Rich Mullins</span>, a Catholic recording artist (</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHWoDwxyKUE">video</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">), who used the instrument in his writing. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">REFERENCE:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Emma Downs and Steve Penhollow</span>, <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">whom are both regular coloumnist @ The Journal Gazette also co author a blog called</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Get a Load of This</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">. In there 8th of March post</span> <a href="http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090308/BLOGS19/903089975">FOUR STRING SHREDDER</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">they covered the story of the Ukulele a little bit better than I could in this limited entry and also introduced their readership to</span> <a href="http://www.jakeshimabukuro.com/">Jake Shimabukuro</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">who caught the attention of classical cellist Yo Yo Ma and performed @ C2G Ministries on Baker Street near Ewing Street on Sunday the 8th of March:</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"></span><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Yo-Yo Ma asked him to contribute to his CD "</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Songs of Joy</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">"</span><br /><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Shimabukuro:</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">"When I was a kid, people often asked me who I'd play with if I could play with any musician in the world. <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">And I'd say, as a joke, Yo-Yo Ma</span>. It was so far fetched. Naturally, people would laugh and say, 'You are a ukulele player. I'm sure Yo-Yo Ma is going to want to play with a ukulele player.'"</span><br /></blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">He is the sort of ukulele player who so thoroughly impresses people with his playing that they ask him to compose music for full orchestra (and he had) wrote the score for the movie "Hula Girl" and he is currently working on the soundtrack for another film that he declines to name.</span><br /><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Shimabukuro: </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The ukulele should be like that.' I'd always kind of strive for that. I want to make <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">my concerts</span> so fun and exciting that <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">people walk out</span> when it's over <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">giving each other high fives</span>.</span></blockquote></blockquote><br /><object width="600" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZqaYmQZgrB4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZqaYmQZgrB4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="350"></embed></object><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The video is from <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Corporate Country Sucks</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> [</span><a href="http://www.corporatecountrysucks.com/">website</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">]</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">[</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/corporatecountrysuck">youtube</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">]</span>, a Public Access Show based in Chicago.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Think About It!: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">So right here you have one example of one kid changing the world around him by taking up an instrument, that everyone disregards as a novelty item from back in the day, and nobody uses anymore, to an authentic modern expression of art, celebration of life, and a new international career.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Think About It!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">FORT WAYNE PARKS &amp; RECREATION</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">[</span><a href="http://fortwayneparks.org/">WEBSITE</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">]</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-51717586773009187862009-02-28T23:59:00.018-05:002009-03-06T04:24:23.603-05:00UPDATE: 3 Rivers Sports & Athletics: TIN CAPS Opening Day SOLD OUT!; JobFair 2K+ Show; NO BEER/JUST WHINE; 4 D Fans of Tin Caps = What @ GAY DAYS?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaOn8o_4BZI/AAAAAAAACAs/TsI5vga-wDQ/s1600-h/baseball+nipplering+tease.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 334px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaOn8o_4BZI/AAAAAAAACAs/TsI5vga-wDQ/s400/baseball+nipplering+tease.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306269446211896722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">APOLOGY: </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">So I first want to apologize for the delay on the update to Mondays post on Friday as promised. There is a more detailed explanation below for those who care to read it.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/2009/02/support-3-rivers-sports-athletics-tin.html">reported on Monday</a>, the <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">FORT</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">WAYNE</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">TIN </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">CAPS</span>, in preparation for their freshmen season @ Parkview Field announced that Opening Game and Season Tickets would be available for purchase during Mardi Gras and that they would be holding a Job Fair today for approximately 200 part time and seasonal positions. According to all reports, including the official press releases, asserts that <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Opening Day is SOLD OUT!</span>, "the team put individual game tickets on-sale for the first time and received an unprecedented response - all fixed seats in the ballpark were sold out in less than a half-hour. Full and partial season ticket packages are still available, as the team has held a number of seat locations for those interested in purchasing ticket plans. All individual tickets and ticket plans can also be purchased in person at the <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Tin </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Caps </span>Administrative Offices @ Parkview Field or via the <a href="http://www.tincaps.com/">Team's website</a>."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaOas06b64I/AAAAAAAACAY/DZlbVt5jplk/s1600-h/TinCaps_logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaOas06b64I/AAAAAAAACAY/DZlbVt5jplk/s400/TinCaps_logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306254880881240962" border="0" /></a>Well over <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">two thousand people showed @ the Job Fair</span> at the Grand Wayne Center today, according to <a href="http://aroundfortwayne.info/blog/?p=3157#more-3157">reports by</a> Mr. Parker. "We interviewed well over 500 people today and accepted applications from 1,500 more that we were not able to speak with at length,” said Michael Limmer, Vice President of Marketing. The <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Tin </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Caps</span> will not be accepting additional applications at this time. Those who apply today are asked to be patient as the team reviews applications and follows up directly within the coming weeks.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Take Me Out To The Ball Game! But OMG, You Cant Buy Beer?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Citing a lack of quorum during the recent local Alcohol Beverage Commission meeting was the latest cause for delay in the ongoing battle of Harrison Square financing and government officials' accountability issues,</span> <a href="http://www.jg.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090224/LOCAL/302249996/1002/LOCAL">as reported by</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Benjamin Lanka</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">of the Journal Gazette:</span><br /><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The local board likely would have been unable to grant immediate permission to serve alcohol anyway, because John Kalb plans to remonstrate against granting the city the license. Kalb, a staunch opponent of the Harrison Square project, said he had concerns with the city holding the liquor license.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaqQI-POMjI/AAAAAAAACBM/Q7RcRE_zts0/s1600-h/booze+boy6.jpg"></a><blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaqQI-POMjI/AAAAAAAACBM/Q7RcRE_zts0/s1600-h/booze+boy6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 325px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaqQI-POMjI/AAAAAAAACBM/Q7RcRE_zts0/s400/booze+boy6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308213594629747250" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">John B. Kalb @</span> <a href="http://fortwaynepolitics.com/2009/02/fw-redevelopment-authority3-way-liquor-license-application/">Fort Wayne Politics</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br />23 February 2009:</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">... In discussions with the hearing officer, it was discovered that the application </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">listed an incorrect name for the officer of the Authority making the application. Per </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">IC </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">7.1, the president and the secretary of the applicant corporation are to formally make the application under their names representing the entity. This would be J. Nelson Coats, president and Deanna Wilkerson, secretary who are two of the officers of the Authority.</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br />My reason for opposing this application as requested is that I don’t see the reasoning behind using an entity like the Authority to own this permit. Since the Authority was established specifically to enable circumvention of the State of Indiana’s constitutional limitation on governmental debt, it just doesn't make sense.....</span></blockquote> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The city’s agreement with Hardball Capital, owner of the </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">FORT</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">WAYNE</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">TIN </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">CAPS</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">,</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> called for the baseball team to acquire the permit. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Greg Leatherman, executive director of redevelopment, said it made more sense for the city to get the license at a substantial discount to save money for the project. Having the city hold the license would also mean that the city’s ability to serve alcohol wouldn’t be affected by a change in ownership.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Greg Leatherman continued...,</span> “This is the City’s! Because if (Hardball) goes away, we keep the license,”.... (<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">and further asserted</span>)....., the delay wasn’t a cause for worry because it won’t affect alcohol sales for opening day, scheduled for April 16. He said they could run into some problems for preseason events scheduled for private businesses and other groups that wanted to use the ballpark as a venue.</span></blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Which has lead some to speculate already how long Hardball Capital will retain ownership of the </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Tin </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Caps</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> and or for that matter how many other contract adjustments the City or the Redevelopment Commission are going to attempt to make, and we are not even half way through the entire project that has reached over </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">hundreds of millions of dollars and continues to grow by leaps and bounds</span>, all while being funded and pushed forward by a City Government that doesn't understand the meaning of fiscal responsibility and stewardship of </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">tax payer dollars, let alone accountability to its constituents and transparency in active governance. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Taking Ownership Of Your Taxes &amp; Your Team</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">However, that is where politics and pandering meats the true grit and grain of our Community here in Fort Wayne. Even if we individually or politically or collectively don't like something, it's ours and we own up to it, we still support it minimally, then we try to turn into something </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaqYn1NZ4mI/AAAAAAAACBU/JN5ByeLMyXs/s1600-h/3261143203_c0dd7feb73_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 325px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaqYn1NZ4mI/AAAAAAAACBU/JN5ByeLMyXs/s400/3261143203_c0dd7feb73_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308222920875172450" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">better for the Community as a whole. Selling out Opening Day tickets is the first step there will be a </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">whirlwind of things to come down the pike later. This may sound olde fashioned but it worked before it can work again.</span><br /><br />One of the things that I would like to see is the Community and the <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Tin </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Caps </span>come together and form smaller "farm teams league" (<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">which is similar to what I previously suggested</span>) using our current or former high school and college athletes, or those who never dreamed it possible before, for them to play semi professional sports for exposition games locally against each other and the<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> Tin </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Caps</span>, also as a mentoring process for the younger generation to develop a local pool of players for the national teams, as well as the <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Tin </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Caps </span>to draw recruits from. This way we could have local players move up through the national leagues easier.<br /><br />Eventually it would provide the personal capital investment of truly making the <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Tin </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Caps</span> our local team owned and operated within the City with the best players from the surrounding area and put a local team possibly on the national stage in ten years as a major league team by our own design.<br /><br />This is just the beginning the possibilities for success are endless and it is up to us as a City as a Community to get ready to take over when Hardball or Barry Real Estate and whoever else decides to bailout or cash in! This initiative must start within the Community not the Corporations, plus as an aside, having the additional farm teams would provide a perfect opportunity to use some of those other name suggestions like my favorite the Summit City Sandbaggers, or the other crowd favorite across the blogosphere, the Maumee Valley Mosquitoes.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Mentioning Community Pride, What About Having GAY DAYS @ Parkview Field?</span><br /><br />Well it just so happens that Fort Wayne's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">PRIDE Fest</span> [<a href="http://fortwaynepride.com/">Website</a>] [<a href="http://www.myspace.com/fwpride">MySpace</a>] is held @ Head Waters Park East on the last weekend of July; and on those dates the <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Tin </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Caps</span> are at away games all weekend long, so unfortunately there cant be a joint event on either Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. However, on the historical anniversary of The Stonewall Rebellion on the 28th of June they will be playing a home game against South Bend at 3 in the afternoon. This would be a perfect opportunity to reach out to local GLBT Lovers of the game, and for us gay bois to drool over all the hot men running around after their balls in tight pants, and jock straps, and swinging their nine inch piece of wood around in their hands. *woofy!*<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaqBtM4O0-I/AAAAAAAACA0/aeDN3g6TWMw/s1600-h/Rochester+Black+Friars+Take+Me+Out+Pic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaqBtM4O0-I/AAAAAAAACA0/aeDN3g6TWMw/s400/Rochester+Black+Friars+Take+Me+Out+Pic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308197724360725474" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Fortunately I have access to some insider information regarding this issue in detail. During the initial Matt Kelty and Harrison Square fiascoes back in 2007,</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Nick Giant</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">, a local body builder and manager @ Coney Island, appeared on a couple You Tube videos shirtless, wearing a leather mask, while slamming those particular issues, both Kelty and the new name of the Team, a year later he also managed to sneak in and </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC6GYq6HSdY">get an interview with</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">(</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">video</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">) the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">General Manager</span> of the</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">FORT</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">WAYNE</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">TIN </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">CAPS</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">. When asked about the idea of hosting Gay Days @ Parkview Field, <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Mike Nutter</span> said the following:</span><br /><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">We are an affiliate of the San Diego Padres, they have done a Gay and Lesbian Night every year that they've been out there in PETCO Park. Again it is something that doesn't go over well with some faction of your fans ...bluntly stated.... But we are open to any group, anybody that wants to come out for theme nights.</span></blockquote> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">As far as wearing rainbows on the uniform or symbolic change of the uniform for a particular group or event:</span> <blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">...You know... We would have to discuss that on a case by case basis with Minor League baseball dictates what uniforms we (<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Tin </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Caps</span>) can wear. We would certainly be open to an event that acknowledges people of any group like (Gays and Lesbians) that.</blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ-NlAwLvPA"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaqaCby3_9I/AAAAAAAACBc/7W1_TOH_JYE/s400/6a00d83451d1d169e20111685e8642970c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308224477421109202" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">These <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">questions remain to be answered</span> and need to be addressed:</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Did anyone see the irony of having tickets sales on Mardi Gras?<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The biggest concern I have left is why are we worried about maintaining a alcohol serving license to an establishment that everyone must pretty much drive to get to or from. Let me explain it in five steps:<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">If the City owns the license to serve or sell intoxicating beverages, and </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Someone who leaves said facility without the City assuring they are not intoxicated, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Does that mean Someone can file suit against the City after they get pulled over by the City Police Department for drinking one beer at a City sponsored drinking establishment? </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">What is there to prevent a liability claim against the City for serving someone to much? </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Without a breathalyzer station at ever exit, enforcement of driving under the influence, would then be a conflict of interest on the part of any City Official or Police Department, would it not?<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Aside from all that, I have to ask the obvious question, being fair and balanced in both my commentary and reporting: After spending 130 million plus tax dollars for this project, that is not even half way done, all we get is 200 plus jobs that are at best part time and typically seasonal, how is that an equitable return on our investment?</span><br /><br />If anything it is a violation of the tax abatement rules; which City Council gave the entire Harrison Square project a ten year tax abatement, that should be reviewed, and possibly shortened to five years. Then the County Council, <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">as I have stated on this forum before also</span>, will probably end up giving Parkview Field a Professional Sports Development Zone Tax District as well, which means all taxes incurred by you the consumer there stay at the facility rather than coming back to the Community at large. With that as a high note, you can also probably forget about revenue (even without interest) going to pay back the Jefferson Pointe TIF District money that funded the project in the first place. Something just doesn't seem kosher about all of it and the icing on the cake is that this bonded debt load wont even have paid off until 2034 at the earliest estimates. Not to mention the fact that a lot of these funds could have been building interest instead of being pulled out only to be spent six months to a year down the road if we had simply followed a pay as you go system in the first place.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaqO6HSKECI/AAAAAAAACBE/crkNCSnUjM4/s1600-h/baseball+chest+tease.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 375px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaqO6HSKECI/AAAAAAAACBE/crkNCSnUjM4/s400/baseball+chest+tease.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308212239848312866" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Last, which Organization in the Gay &amp; Lesbian Community is going to put forward the initiative to have a <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">GAY DAY</span> @ PARKVIEW FIELD with the </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">FORT</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">WAYNE</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">TIN </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">CAPS</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">?</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">EDITOR'S NOTES:</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">, as with the previous post on Monday, turns to</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Stephen Parker</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">@</span> <a href="http://aroundfortwayne.info/blog/">AROUND FORT WAYNE</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">for most of the update information for this post. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">also cross referenced with the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Spaulding Brothers</span> @ <a href="http://www.whatsgoingdowntown.com/">What's Going Down, Town?</a> for their coverage of certain events as well as the Gentlemen over @ <a href="http://fortwaynepolitics.com/">Fort Wayne Politics</a> for their coverage and multi faceted perspectives.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Review of Richard Greenberg's</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">"</span><a href="http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/entertainment/stage/2007/07/THEATER-Blackfriars-Take-Me-Out/">Take Me Out</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">"</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">by the Rochester</span> <a href="http://www.blackfriars.org/">Black Friars</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">source of the 5th picture</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Previous Post On </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">:</span> [<a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/search/label/FW%20TIN%20CAPS">Tin Caps</a>] [<a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/search/label/Harrison%20Square">Harrison Square</a>]<br />[<a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/search/label/support%20three%20rivers%20athletics">Support 3 Rivers Athletics</a>]<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> Links Pages:</span> [<a href="http://f6slinkspage.blogspot.com/2008/03/support-three-rivers-athletics.html">3 Rivers Athletics</a>] [<a href="http://f6slinkspage.blogspot.com/2008/07/pedalling-your-paws-across-three-rivers.html">3 Rivers Bike &amp; Cycling</a>] [<a href="http://f6slinkspage.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-is-better-than-hot-bois-running.html">Gay &amp; Lesbian Sports</a>]<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> Editorial Policy Statement:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Although it is nice to know that gay bois can still think about swinging your six to nine inch piece of wood around in our hands, through showing support of the local amateur and professional sports and athletic associations, as part of the continuing editorial service of</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">to promote healthy life choices in all gay bois and gyrlz,</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">intends to prove it is possible to concentrate on more than just tight ends, wide receivers, pitchers and catchers, etc.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">EDITOR'S APOLOGY:</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Strike Three! <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">No, Wait You're Not Out</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I almost literally had a heart attack during the week, due to certain stress and a recent occurrence of events. Fortunately by the grace of GOD and the power of prayer, my blood pressure dropped 50 over 30 down in fifteen minutes, and then it took me a couple days to recover the rest of the way. While drastic and damaging as well as potentially deadly, it was eye opening. Even though I thought I was doing everything I could with what little I had to work with, this turn of events proved it was not enough, and I almost paid the ultimate price. I am not willing to give up this life just yet! I have already crossed over before, Heaven is boring; even with how shitty life can be sometimes, I like it here too much. Thank you to those whom are praying for me.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-91294480584057790392009-02-23T23:45:00.002-05:002009-03-01T02:11:35.489-05:00Support 3 Rivers Sports & Athletics: TIN CAPS Tickets, Jobs Fair;<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaOn8o_4BZI/AAAAAAAACAs/TsI5vga-wDQ/s1600-h/baseball+nipplering+tease.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaOn8o_4BZI/AAAAAAAACAs/TsI5vga-wDQ/s400/baseball+nipplering+tease.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306269446211896722" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">FORT</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">WAYNE</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">TIN </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">CAPS</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">begin their freshman season, with 70 home games, on the 16th of April @ Parkview Field Stadium.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wowo.com/">WOWO 1190AM</a>, <a href="http://aroundfortwayne.info/blog">Around Fort Wayne</a>, <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">and several other media outlets and blogs are covering the stories quite well so this post,</span> <a href="http://allencountylp.blogspot.com/2009/02/f6-fwd-support-tin-caps-1st-season.html">and its copy on</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">LPAC's Blog</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> is just a recap and continuation of the promotion of our own minor league team's hard work in the Community at large.</span><br /><br />Tickets will be available for purchase in person tomorrow, aka Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras, @ The Grand Wayne Center beginning at 10A. After that, tickets can be purchased online or the <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Tin </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Caps</span> Offices located at Parkview Field, and continue to be on sale both online and via phone. For more information on <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Tin </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Caps</span> season tickets, group outings or corporate partnerships for the 2009 season at Parkview Field contact the Team @ 260-482-6400 or visit the <a href="http://www.tincaps.com/">Team's website</a>.<br /><br />Tickets range between $5 for Lawn Seats and $12.50 for Scout Seats behind home plate; the medium ranged tickets of either $8 - 9 range are probably the most economical and better viewing choice for the baseball fan in every inner child. The <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Tin </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Caps</span> Group Rates for Lawn (outfield) and Reserved (dugouts) seating are fairly economic, between $5-8 respectively.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaOas06b64I/AAAAAAAACAY/DZlbVt5jplk/s1600-h/TinCaps_logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaOas06b64I/AAAAAAAACAY/DZlbVt5jplk/s400/TinCaps_logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306254880881240962" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">There is just sometimes when you have to be in the stands and the middle of the action otherwise it is not the hearty American tradition of hot dogs, baseball, and a nice warm apple pie with ice cream on the side.</span><br /><br />Citing a need to accommodate better customer service at Parkview Field, during games and other special events, they will be holding a job fair for 200 Seasonal and Part Time position as well, this Saturday the 28th from 10A-2P @ The Grand Wayne Center's Calhoun Room on the second floor. Some of the positions that need filled include: Ushers, Ticket Takers, Parking Lot Attendants, Ticket Office Sales, Merchandise Sales, Video Production, In-Game Promotions, Field Maintenance, Special Events, Food Preparation and Service Staff. Applicants must be 16 years of age or older.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaOfSh9wegI/AAAAAAAACAg/qHpm5Ghan1w/s1600-h/6a00d8341c2ca253ef010536c07ba8970c.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 350px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaOfSh9wegI/AAAAAAAACAg/qHpm5Ghan1w/s400/6a00d8341c2ca253ef010536c07ba8970c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306259926676437506" border="0" /></a>Certain positions require specific skills and previous experience. Most positions do not require previous experience. Applicants that are not available to attend the Job Fair are welcome to stop by the <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Tin </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Caps </span>Administrative Offices located at Parkview Field during normal business hours (Mon-Fri, 9A to 5P). Please call 260-482-6400 for directions and parking information.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">They put tickets for games @ new ball stadium for sale on MARDI GRAS! </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Does anybody else see the irony? There will be more to this category added later on a follow up post on Thursday or Friday, but for now, good night.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> Editorial Policy Statement:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Although it is nice to know that gay bois can still think about swinging your six to nine inch piece of wood around in our hands, through showing support of the local amateur and professional sports and athletic associations, as part of the continuing editorial service of</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">to promote healthy life choices in all gay bois and gyrlz,</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">intends to prove it is possible to concentrate on more than just tight ends, wide receivers, pitchers and catchers, etc.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Previous Post On </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">:</span> [<a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/search/label/FW%20TIN%20CAPS">Tin Caps</a>] [<a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/search/label/Harrison%20Square">Harrison Square</a>]<br />[<a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/search/label/support%20three%20rivers%20athletics">Support 3 Rivers Athletics</a>]<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> Links Pages:</span> [<a href="http://f6slinkspage.blogspot.com/2008/03/support-three-rivers-athletics.html">3 Rivers Athletics</a>]<br />[<a href="http://f6slinkspage.blogspot.com/2008/07/pedalling-your-paws-across-three-rivers.html">3 Rivers Bike &amp; Cycling</a>] [<a href="http://f6slinkspage.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-is-better-than-hot-bois-running.html">Gay &amp; Lesbian Sports</a>]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231133439863962386.post-69509576411918191042009-02-21T23:59:00.017-05:002009-02-22T17:48:01.753-05:00Obamanation Part III: Hail 2D Beef 4 its economic value & all those we paid off along D way. 2 slaughter D economy & leave huge debts 4 R kids 2 pay!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaE-1REg3BI/AAAAAAAAB_4/pIx2Fu840xs/s1600-h/Will+Swim+For+Food+Blond+Boi+With+Sign+HT+SpeedoJunkie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 435px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaE-1REg3BI/AAAAAAAAB_4/pIx2Fu840xs/s400/Will+Swim+For+Food+Blond+Boi+With+Sign+HT+SpeedoJunkie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305590920855477266" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The clip below is from</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">What You Ought To Know Show</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">earlier this month produced by <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">The Brothers Winn</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">: [</span></span><a href="http://www.whatyououghttoknow.com/">Website</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">] [</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/WhatYouOughtToKnow">YouTube</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">].</span><br /><object width="350" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EEkpgr_qSE4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EEkpgr_qSE4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="350" height="350"></embed></object><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">In</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">F<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6'</span>s</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">constant effort to be fair and balanced, in all of its reporting and provide full commentary to complete stories, this post is going to update the stories previously covered in</span> <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/2009/02/obamanation-part-i-biden-said-that-he.html">this post</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">&amp;</span> <a href="http://frfozybearftwin.blogspot.com/2009/02/obamanation-part-ii-i-thought-joe-say.html">this post</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">two weeks ago in order to bring them to conclusion.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Gregg retains Senate seat disses Commerce nomination</span><br /><br />Republican Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire still wants to be Obama's Water boy even after withdrawing his name from consideration as Commerce Secretary. After "being invited" (read: seeking after) to become the new Commerce Secretary, after Govenor Bill Richardson withdrew due to a scandal over the issue of bond issues in his home State of New Mexico, Gregg accepted the offer and within a week choose to reverse that acceptance when it was revealed that the White House and Democrats in Congress removed the Census from the control of the Commerce Secretary, after the nomination had occurred.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaFQWZXr9_I/AAAAAAAACAI/JrPtYmeDeOg/s1600-h/stimulus+train+back+on+track+varvel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 305px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaFQWZXr9_I/AAAAAAAACAI/JrPtYmeDeOg/s400/stimulus+train+back+on+track+varvel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305610181716735986" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Other Senator Gregg Links:</span><br />[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbFrw39O9PE">The Young Turks</a>] [<a href="http://hoosierpundit.blogspot.com/2009/02/hope-change-gregg-withdraws-commerce.html">Hoosier Pundit</a>] [<a href="http://www.towleroad.com/2009/02/republican-sena.html">Towle Road</a>]<br /><br />Additionally, Senator Gregg recessed himself from the vote on the American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, citing a potential conflict of interest, which I have to give him credit for that, because it's the most ethical action coming out of Washington for a long time.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">2nd stimulus bill passed w/o pay caps for CEOs </span><br /><br />The AERRA which passed the Senate, with three Republicans voting for the trillion dollar addition to the national debt. The House and Senate versions were reconciled in Conference Committee, then at the last minute (read: at four in the morning with no one aware) it was found to be lacking the CEO pay restrictions that were first introduced by <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Senator Claire McCaskill</span> of Missouri and then plagiarized by Obama and Geithner a week later.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">CEO Pay Caps proven to be false rhetoric and pandering to force vote aka trial balloon.</span><br /><br />Besides the CEO Compensation restrictions introduced by Senator McCaskill as an Amendment to AERRA 5 days prior to the Policy Announcement by Obama and Geithner to much fan fare, being reduced to dust during the Conference Committee between the House and the Senate, when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, introduced his new Policy a week ago it was also void of pay caps and compensation restrictions. He stated that, the Companies would not participate in the stimulus program with the restrictions in play, <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaFPqXctnXI/AAAAAAAACAA/ZMjCTpFGXxk/s1600-h/6a00d8341c52a953ef00e5513374ff8834-640wi.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 193px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaFPqXctnXI/AAAAAAAACAA/ZMjCTpFGXxk/s320/6a00d8341c52a953ef00e5513374ff8834-640wi.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305609425286700402" border="0" /></a>specifically the cap that would have matched the CEO pay to that of the President or slightly higher.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">This is clear and simply put the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">CEO Pay Cap was a test balloon</span> that popped and political firestorm for no good reason. The Democrats floated a bill amendment that they knew would distract other conservatives from something else hidden in the bill or going on in the world. But the question remains, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">What were the Democrats or Obama </span>trying to <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">seclude or cover up</span> from the <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">current legislation</span> and or social political <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">events going on around the world</span> that they had to start a forest fire of empty promises and pseudo accountability?</span><br /><br />As most people are aware now because of the process that took place with this legislation, once a Bill passed both Houses of Congress they must be reconciled to each other in Conference Committee and then brought back for a final vote. In the very last move made by Congress before the President signed the "stimulus package" into law, they went back and included some of the compensation restrictions, without the cap on CEO base pay. (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-HJR_Bf0ck">video</a>, TYT)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Tim Geithner is definitely January's nominee for the 2009</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Hunk Of Flesh</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Award.</span><br /><br />I have more to say about the Geithner issues as a whole that should be left to one last additional post to this series. Needless to say but definitely illustrate Mr. Geithner showed himself to be lacking in his ability to both govern and publicly speak.However I don't want to drag it out that much and am frankly tired of covering these <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaFR-LS-XZI/AAAAAAAACAQ/Dpx47GjAhks/s1600-h/6a00d8341c730253ef011168875b94970c.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 221px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jrwjt6DrVOw/SaFR-LS-XZI/AAAAAAAACAQ/Dpx47GjAhks/s400/6a00d8341c730253ef011168875b94970c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305611964645268882" border="0" /></a>numskulls anyway.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">The American people are tired of being strung along!<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Set up a plan, put it out there into the marketplace, and let us talk about it. Please <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">quit trying to pander</span> to Wall Street and the Unions and lets <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">get the job done.</span> That wont happen as long as anything is done in secret or by trial balloons. </span>I had more faith in you sir.</span><br />[<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Photo:</span> <a href="http://www.towleroad.com/2009/02/naked-men-come-together-for-pope-benedict-in-athens.html">Hope Male Art</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">@ <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Towle Road</span>==></span>]<br /><br />Additionally Congress gets a nomination for HOFA in February because they failed to give the Citizens let alone the 530 plus members of Congress five days to read the final bil. No they got 6 hours notice to read and vote on an 1100 page bill before it went to a vote. The Congress, specifically the Democrats in the House, are doing it again also with the Omnibus Spending Authorization this week as well. Call or write the Congress and tell Speaker Pelosi to put it online for at least 48 hours for the entire world to see, like she promised too even if it falls 72 hours short of the original goal. Certain Republicans in Congress also get a nod for the February HOFA for voting against the AERRA and then attempting to take credit for the money coming back into their respective districts, that is hypocrisy 101.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">A SMALL NOTE FROM </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">F<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">6'</span>s EDITOR</span>:<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">My apologies for missing Wednesday and running late on Saturday; the reason is simply that, my injury received from a carjacking several years back, which I have written about previously, has been acting up severely with all the weather changes and general stress of my life. The other reason for the delay in posting is that since this is a social and political commentary not an direct news source, I have the liberty of waiting until all the ducks have quacked to comment on news, events, or culture. This provides me the liberty to have the full picture to work with, rather than flying off half cocked and end up loosing my....credibility in the process. Thanks for your understanding and patience.<br /></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">What is the difference between Barack and Jesus?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Jesus was a carpenter, He could build a Cabinet.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>I realize that a lot of my readers view F6 through an RSS feed etc. I would like to thank you each personally for reading and ask you for your feedback at the same time.</div>F6's Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245610947948998790noreply@blogger.com0